Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Filter bug for IP-Addresses starting whith 2 digits

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Index Thread Index Other Months All Mailing Lists
Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next
From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:08:49 -0500
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 04:20:07AM -0500, Ralf Klever wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just installed ethereal-0.7.2.
> 
> When I use IP-Addresses, starting with 2 digits, in filters (eg. "ip.addr 
> ==
> 10.2.3.4")
> the filter-parser produces an error.
> 
> So I have change the "hexsep" in "dfilter-scanner.l" line 94 from "[-:.]" 
> to
> "[-:]", and now it works fine, but I don't  know in whith cases you need
> hexstrings whith a dot.

Yes, that fix will work. The hexsep with a dot was just for convenience.
In the CVS repository for ethereal, that bug has been fixed; you can use
a dot for a separator both for IP addresses and 4-byte byte ranges.
But your fix should work for you just fine until ethereal-0.7.3 is out.

--gilbert