Guy Harris <ghar...@sonic.net> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 2024, at 5:03 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca>
wrote:
>> I wish we set the pcap"ng" version field to "3", following from pcap v2
being
>> the last. It could be done perhaps, and pcap"ng" could be version pcap3.
> I wish we'd avoided using the string "pcap" in the name of the
> extensible capture file format, as the extensible capture file format
I'm open to avoiding those four letters too.
I just figured we couldn't get away with that, and I just want useful nouns
that can be used to describe things.
> I.e., the extensible capture file format would not have been "pcapv3"
> even if the initial major version number value were 3. It's a
> different format from pcap that inherits a few concepts from pcap
Yes, I agree.
> So maybe just call it "extensible capture fie format". Sadly, .ecf is
already in use:
>
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/552563/fxsext-ecf-windows-10-file
> and so is .xcf:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF_(file_format)
> but a quick Google search doesn't pop up any obvious .ecff extension.
> Or maybe we should have something other than "capture", as Falco:
ecff.
Do I pronounce it with a lot of raspberry? "ec-pfffth"
Seems like it might be a colour:
https://www.colorhexa.com/0e0cff - Blue
https://www.colorhexa.com/e0c0ff - Pale Violet
> But there are already a lot of files in that format with .pcapng as the
extension.
> (And, speaking of version numbers, it's perhaps unfortunate that the
> extensible capture file format has version numbers - if it has to be
> changed so incompatibly that the version number has to be changed,
> that's a sign that the extensibility failed. But removing it would
> *itself* require a major version number change, as old code won't be
> able to read the new files. A major goal of the extensibility is to
> allow old code to read new files, albeit with a loss of information.)
Yes.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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