Document the fact that we can now read compressed Sniffer files.

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README,v 1.21 2000/02/19 08:49:16 guy Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.22 2000/06/08 03:09:32 gram Exp $
 
 Wiretap is a library that is being developed as a future replacement for
 libpcap, the current standard Unix library for packet capturing. Libpcap
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ The "libpcap" file format was determined by reading the "libpcap" code;
 wiretap reads the "libpcap" file format with its own code, rather than
 using the "libpcap" library's code to read it.
 
-Sniffer (uncompressed)
+Sniffer (compressed and uncompressed)
 -------
-The Sniffer format is documented in the Sniffer manual.  Unfortunately,
-Sniffer manuals tend to document only the format for the Sniffer model
-they document. Token-Ring and ethernet seems to work well, though.
-If you have an ATM Sniffer file, both Guy and Gilbert would be *very*
-interested in receiving a sample. (see 'AUTHORS' file for our e-mail
-addresses).
+The uncompressed Sniffer format is documented in the Sniffer manual.
+Unfortunately, Sniffer manuals tend to document only the format for
+the Sniffer model they document. Token-Ring and ethernet seems to work
+well, though.  If you have an ATM Sniffer file, both Guy and Gilbert
+would be *very* interested in receiving a sample. (see 'AUTHORS' file
+for our e-mail addresses).
 
 LANalyzer
 ---------
@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ should work.
 Toshiba ISDN Router
 -------------------
 An under-documented command that the router supports in a telnet session
-is "snoop" (not related to the Solaris "snoop" command). If you give it
-the "dump" option, you'll get a hex dump of all packets across the router
-(except of your own telnet session -- good thinking Toshiba!). You can
-select a certain channel to sniff (LAN, B1, B2, D), but the default is all
-channels.  You save this hex dump to disk with 'script' or by 'telnet |
-tee'. Wiretap will read the ASCII hex dump and convert it to binary data.
+is "snoop" (not related to the Solaris "snoop" command). If you give
+it the "dump" option (either by letting "snoop" query you for its next
+argument, or typing "snoop dump" on the command line), you'll get a hex
+dump of all packets across the router (except of your own telnet session
+-- good thinking Toshiba!). You can select a certain channel to sniff
+(LAN, B1, B2, D), but the default is all channels.  You save this hex
+dump to disk with 'script' or by 'telnet | tee'. Wiretap will read the
+ASCII hex dump and convert it to binary data.
 
 Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xiexie.org>
 Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>