Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Decode As...

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:05:42 -0700
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 08:13:35AM -0400, Pierre Goyette wrote:
> In Ethereal, I can select one or more packets and say 'Decode As'.
>  
> Is there a permanent way to say always (for example) decode TCP Port
> 1023 as Telnet?

No.  Either the Telnet dissector would have to be changed to have a
preference containing an additional port, or ports, to dissect as
Telnet, or some mechanism to let the "Decode As" list be saved as a
default list would be required.

> I want to specify (known) default decodes for non-standard ports.  How
> can I do this?

By implementing one of the above as-yet-unimplemented features.