Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 10557] EAPOL 4-way handshake information wrong

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:16:57 +0000

Comment # 10 on bug 10557 from
(In reply to Pascal Quantin from comment #9)
> (In reply to amato_carbonara from comment #8)
> > Hi Alexis,
> >   I believe using the counter value to distinguish between message #2 and
> > message #4 would be too difficult (or impossible) with the Wireshark
> > dissector.  In the IEEE 802.11 specification the value for the counter is
> > defined as following:
> > Message #2 - counter = n
> > Message #4 - counter = n+1
> > So the only way to distinguish between message #2 and message #4 using the
> > counter value would be for Wireshark to "look ahead" and compare the counter
> > values (e.g., if counter1 < counter2, then message 2, else message 4). 
> > According to my understanding of the Wireshark dissector, "looking ahead" is
> > not possible.
> 
> It is possible using multi pass (which id done by default in Wireshark, and
> with the -2 option in tshark)

Will be work for COL_INFO ?


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