On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:04:24PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 12:39:53AM -0400, Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> > shomiti has a document describint their file format at
> > http://www.shomiti.com/support/technotes.html
> >
> > I'll take a look at it and see if it applies to their v3.1
> > file format (the file you provided).
>
> Well, unless the powerful Microsoft-Word-to-text conversion program
> "strings" discarded some data, it appears only to apply to their hacked
> up snoop version 2 format.
You should install AbiWord; it does a slightly better job than "strings".
:-)
> However, it also appears, from a quick experiment, that version 4 can be
> handled by Ethereal, assuming that the capture consists of a pile of IPP
> traffic between 13.32.8.151 and 13.32.8.155; if HP Roseville are
> responsible for the squat plastic box sitting on the table to the right
> of my computer's tower at home - the box with "Laserjet 2100M" on it
> (yes, 2100M; this isn't a Windows-only computer, so I really *do* want
> PostScript) - that might explain why he'd be capturing IPP traffic. :-)
Great; I'm glad it worked with minimal effort.
> Given that, I'll just check my change in; I've attached it as a patch -
> if Mike Kerwan has source and a C compiler for Windows, he can get the
> relevant developer's kits for WinPcap and GTK+/GLib, install them, and
> then either apply the patch on a UNIX system or get patch for Windows,
> which might be part of CygWin, and apply the patch and rebuild.
>
> Otherwise, he'd have to wait for the next release or wait for somebody
> else to build a Windows binary.
Mike, let me know. I can easily spin a Windows build if you need it.
Let me know if you want a capture or non-capture version.
> ? errs
> ? tvbtest
> ? tvbtest.c.DAMMIT
> ? tvbuff.c.DAMMIT
Problems? :)
--gilbert
