Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame
SCTP provides a connection oriented transport and calls its PDUs
'packet'
not 'segment' as indicated below...
Best regards
Michael
On Nov 3, 2003, at 10:46 Uhr, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
Yes, consistency would be nice
Either we change it to call everything "packets" or we get rid of the
word
"packet" completely.
frame:
a single layer 1/2 unit and all the payload carried in that unit.
fragment:
For connectionless protocols, a single layer 3+ unit that form a
logical PDU
in that layer only when combined with multiple other lower layer units.
datagram:
For connectionless transports, a single layer 3+ unit that forms a
logical
PDU by itself.
segment:
For connectionoriented transports, a portion of or an entire higher
layer
PDU that is carried in a single frame.
pdu:
a complete layer 5+ protocol unit.
---
packet:
any of the above depending on context.
I am as guilty as anyone else and often use the word packet when I
think/hope it is clear by the context what the proper term should be.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulf Lamping"
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:19 PM
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Packet vs. Frame
Hi List!
As the release is almost out of the door...
I will have a second try, to get an answer to the following question
;-)
All over the Ethereal GUI, both words "Packet" and "Frame" are used,
IMHO
with the same meaning. Unless there is a good reason not to, we should
use
only one of these words, and this consistent in the entire GUI (in all
menus, dialogs, ...). IMHO, I would prefer to use "Packet" everywhere,
and
rename every appearance of "Frame" to "Packet".
This has nothing to do with the naming scheme of the specific
protocols
(e.g.: in the packet list, packet details, ...), it's only about the
generic
GUI elements like the menu itemnames itself: e.g."View/Frame In New
Window",
"Edit/Find Frame" and also the corresponding dialogs, like some labels
in
the dialogs of: "Tools/Summary", "Capture/Start".
I have asked this question the list before, but since now, I have no
answer to this topic :-(
IMHO this will be a lot of places in the gtk dir only. Hopefully, no
other
files must be touched for this.
So my question: Is it a good idea, to replace (all?) appearances of
"Frame" in the gtk dir to "Packet", or should it be the called
"Frame"? Or
is there a good reason why this is the way it currently is?
Regards, ULFL
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