Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] The practicality/rationality of changing a filter string in wire

From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 07:37:55 -0700
Hi folks,

I have been updating the dissection of Key Data Cryptographic KDEs
from section 12 of 802.11 various (including -2016, a draft from last
year and a draft of 802.11be I have).

One of the things I have done is try to make the filter strings
conform to the spec. In one case that meant changing the filter string
'wlan.rsn.ie.gtk.key' to 'wlan.rsn.ie.gtk_kde..gtk'
with the last component changing to match the field name in the spec.

This breaks one of the self tests (test/suite_decryption.py) which I
can easily fix, but I wonder if the change is worth it given that the
filter string has been out there for a long while.

It is possible to create an alias for these strings?

The MR is: 6716

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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
(何以解憂?唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)