On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:43:52AM -0800, Gerald Combs wrote:
> > Use "bootp". DHCP is (more or less) a superset of BOOTP.
> > The parsing of the dhcp components is done within the bootp
> > dissector.
Or to be more precise: bootp.dhcp
>
> Should we change the instances of "bootp" in the BOOTP/DHCP dissector to
> "dhcp"? This isn't the first time this has confused someone.
The protocol is bootp and dhcp is just a special case of it.
So renaming it is a rather bad idea.
If you see this as a serious issue than add a hack for this
into the filter code by replacing ^dhcp by boot.dhcp
Maybe allow a dissector to register aliases that are allowed
to be used in filters? Like ip.version for ipv6.version or
tacacsplus for tacplus?
If that idea sound acceptable: Once the filter gets applied, it should
be replaced by the "correct" value in the display filter gui.
Ciao
Joerg
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