[pcap-ng-format] In need for some additional epb_ options

Guy Harris gharris at sonic.net
Wed Mar 25 17:04:45 UTC 2020


On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Eelco Chaudron <echaudro at redhat.com> wrote:

> I'm working on an xdpdump tool, which is a Linux tool that allows you to capture the packet before and/or after an XDP program was run by the kernel. This is needed as these eBPF programs run before the kernel sees the packet, and hence packets can be discarded or altered.
> 
> I'm currently adding PcapNG support, and I need some ECB option extensions. Unfortunately, the RFC has not been released, so no way I can request some IANA numbers. So what is the right way to get options assigned? Do I send a pull request to change the spec, https://github.com/pcapng/pcapng ?

That's probably the best way.  I may have some comments on the proposed options, but, if so, I'll make them as comments on the pull request.


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