Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Create a new tvbuf when decrypting?

[Mark Atwood <mra@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 12:21:03PM -0800, Mark Atwood wrote:
> > 
> > How do I create a new tvbuf, with "new" data in it, and what are 
> > the issues with automaticially freeing it, etc?
> 
> The automatic free on the original tvbuff, of course, won't free
> your new tvbuff, as you rightly guessed, since as far as the tvbuff
> routines are concerned, they are not connected.
> What you need is a way for any arbitrary tvbuff to have a "child"
> TVBUFF_REAL_DATA. The child is freed when the parent is freed. Automatic
> descruction of the object would then take place. This ability does not
> yet exist in the tvbuff routines, but I could add it if it sounds
> useful.
> Let me know if that will work for you, and if so, I'll add the
> ability to chain TVBUFF_REAL_DATA's under other tvbuffs.

That would work for me, and be very useful. Mine isn't the only
protocol with encryption,

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