[ntar-workers] Seekable file layouts etc

[Stephen Donnelly]

Christian Kreibich wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 17:31 -0700, Christian Kreibich wrote:
> 
>>Here's what I don't like:
> 
> ps:
> 
> - I don't like the distinction in Packet Block and Simple Packet Block.
> Can't we find some way that the additional fields in Packet Blocks can
> become optional, or could be left blank by the systems short on
> processing time?

Optional fields that are persent but unfilled are wasted space/bandwidth 
when storing/capturing. This is especially a problem at high data rates 
(several Mpps and up).

I believe this is part of the justification for the simple packet block.

Stephen.
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