Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] extracting http

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From: F Lace <flace9@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:44:12 +0530
> No.  Thanks to RFC 793, the units of "TCP header length" are 4-*byte* words:
> 
>  Data Offset:  4 bits
> 
>    The number of 32 bit words in the TCP Header.  This indicates where
>    the data begins.  The TCP header (even one including options) is an
>    integral number of 32 bits long.
> 


Got it. I was considering all the 8 bits of the byte. Thanks to the RFC!