[pcap-ng-format] [OPSAWG] draft-gharris-opsawg-pcap.txt --- IANA considerations

[Michael Richardson]

Guy Harris <gharris at sonic.net> wrote:
    > On Dec 22, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf at sandelman.ca> wrote:

    >> Guy Harris <guy at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
    >>
    >>> And, as per my idea of using 65535 to mean "custom linktype", similar
    >>> to pcapng custom blocks and options, with either:
    >>
    >> I'm happy with this proposal, but isn't it pcapng specific?

    > No - it's *cleaner* to implement in pcapng, as you can use Interface
    > Description Block (IDB) options to provide the Private Enterprise
    > Number (PEN) and an enterprise-specific encapsulation type, but:

Ah. I'd like to say that we document the PEN based extension it in pcapng,
and not worry about pcap.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF at sandelman.ca>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide




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