Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8256] Ethernet Frame with all zeros is decoded as Fibre Ch

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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:38:11 +0000

changed bug 8256

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Comment # 2 on bug 8256 from 
(In reply to comment #1)
> That's not a bug, that's a feature, of the MDS dissector. See the MDS
> dissectors preference "Decode as MDS Header if Ethertype == 0" (enabled by
> default).
> It says: 
> "A frame is considered for decoding as MDSHDR if either "
> "ethertype is 0xFCFC or zero. Turn this flag off if you "
> "you don't want ethertype zero to be decoded as MDSHDR. "
> "This might be useful to avoid problems with test frames."
> 
> Could the MDS dissector be improved to handle all zero frames? Yes, that
> enhancement could be made. The question is what the right heuristics are.

Should we change the default value from "enabled" to "disabled" instead?

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