Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RE: Obtaining previous dissector information

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:55:57 -0700
Mark Pilant wrote:

After checking my notes, I believe it was via the packet data (pd)
member of the capture file (cfile) variable.

OK. I was curious, because I'd ideally like to try to close off any direct access to the packet data, if possible, to make sure dissectors can't use it (because they're likely to get the wrong answer if they do, e.g. if any reassembly is being done).