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On 11/02/2012 12:03 PM, Guy Harris wrote:
>
> On Nov 2, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> But I think that this kind of redundancy, that can only create
>> interoperability issues or security vulnerabilities, should not appear
>> in a newly designed file format.
>
> It's not exactly "newly-designed" - I have a mail message from 2005
> discussing a pcap-ng draft, so it's over 7 years old (it's from February
> 2005).
>
>> Is there a process existing to evolve this format?
>
> Discussions are held on the pcap-ng-format mailing list:
>
> https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/pcap-ng-format
>
> (and that's where the discussion of opt_endofopt should probably move -
> it's already been discussed there).
Thanks, I was not aware of this list - I'll continue the discussion there.
>
>> The spec has been written with IETF tools, but I cannot find a
>> submission for it.
>
> It hasn't been submitted; I presume the intent was to do so when it was
> considered "ready".
>
>> I can help navigate the IETF process if there is an interest in pushing
>> this spec as a standard. I think that this is typically the kind of
>> thing that can be improved by the reviews from IETF members,
>
> Yes, but...
>
>> and IANA is a good place for the various registries required.
>
> ...I'm less sure of that. One of the registries is the LINKTYPE_ registry
> (the current version of the spec enumerates LINKTYPE_ values, but that
> should be replaced with "see http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html), and
> I'm not sure whether the IETF should own that registry or not
The spec was looking as it was not up to date, that's why I proposed that
(e.g. I could not find link type 220).
> - what would the process for getting new LINKTYPE_ values be if it were to
> be owned by the IETF?
There is various possibilities, from defined in a Standard Track RFC, to FCFS,
with the possibility to even have different assignment constraints, e.g. a
range Standard Track, a range FCFS, and another range for experimental and
private assignment). See RFC 5226 for details.
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Marc Petit-Huguenin
Email: marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Blog: http://blog.marc.petit-huguenin.org
Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug
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