Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] What about one dissector for multiple ports

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:18:30 -0700 (PDT)
> >         a short name, to put in the "Protocol" column and in the tab for
> >         the "Preferences" dialog (and perhaps elsewhere);
> 
> which should be unique and could be used as a key for protocol searching.
>  
> >         a long name, to put in the top-level protocol tree item;
> 
> and elsewhere (manual pages, help, tool tips etc.)
>  
> >         a filter name, used in filters to refer to the protocol;
> 
> The filter name should be the short name for simplicity (like now) but
> you might have a good reason ?

The filter name would probably be all lower case; the short name
wouldn't, e.g. "tcp" vs. "TCP".