Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] smb vs dcerpc error handling

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 19:11:00 -0800 (PST)
> Yes, except the dcerpc reassembly code as reassembled the packets so the
> error really isn't relevant anymore.

That's why I put "error" in quotes - it's not a fatal error, it's just
an indication to the DCE RPC transport code that it needs to do more
work.

> It also kind of bugs me that the
> smb dissector can append text to the info field after the subdissector
> has handled the packet.

Yes, that's definitely wrong.