Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Ethereal plugin versioning question

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:34:10 -0700
Filonenko Alexander-AAF013 wrote:


Protocol does not carry versioning info, so it is the user who has to make a
choice of what protocol version needed before Ethereal start.
If you have a single dissector that dissects all versions, with a preference setting to specify which version, the user doesn't have to choose before starting Ethereal - they can change it while Ethereal is running.