Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Adding new protocols

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:12:23 -0700
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 06:43:36AM -0500, David Frascone wrote:
> Wow!  You read the draft!  Well then, on that particular draft, you probably
> noticed that diameter does not run over UDP anymore *grin*.

So does RADIUS run over SCTP?  Or is the RADIUS Packet Compatibility
Code there only for historical reasons?

> Right now, I needed the sniffer for the UDP version.  Soon, I'll need to 
> dissect TCP and then SCTP packets.

Presumably there will be an SCTP dissector that plugs into IP the way
the TCP and UDP dissectors plug in, and that have a port table similar
to TCP's and UDP's port tables, for the benefit of other protocols
running atop SCTP.