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@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Laurent Deniel <laurent.deniel[AT]free.fr>
Gerald Combs <gerald[AT]wireshark.org>
Guy Harris <guy[AT]alum.mit.edu>
Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping[AT]web.de>
+Barbu Paul - Gheorghe <barbu.paul.gheorghe[AT]gmail.com>
1. Setting up your protocol dissector code.
@@ -405,6 +406,16 @@ Pointer-retrieval:
*/
guint8* tvb_get_ptr(tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint length);
+Length query:
+Get amount of captured data in the buffer (which is *NOT* necessarily the
+length of the packet). You probably want tvb_reported_length instead:
+
+ guint tvb_captured_length(const tvbuff_t *tvb);
+
+Get reported length of buffer:
+
+ guint tvb_reported_length(const tvbuff_t *tvb);
+
1.4 Functions to handle columns in the traffic summary window.
@@ -2695,7 +2706,7 @@ upon the conversation index and values inside the request packets.
NOTE: This sections assumes that all information is available to
create a complete conversation, source port/address and
destination port/address. If either the destination port or
- address is know, see section 2.4 Dynamic server port dissector
+ address is known, see section 2.4 Dynamic server port dissector
registration.
For protocols that negotiate a secondary port connection, for example