Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] ICMP packets need more decoding

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
> This will mean that the decode routines need to bail out gracefully if they
> do not get all the data they want ... :-)

Correct.

I have a change to do precisely what you mention, but I haven't checked
it in because the decode routines *don't* bail out gracefully - instead,
I got a core dump when it tried dissecting an ICMP reply; I think it was
in reply to a DNS request, and it tried dissecting the DNS request, and
ran past the end and got quite confused.