On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Guy Harris <g...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Evan Huus <eapa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A pure netmask (without an associated address) is representable as
>> just a UINT8. Would it be terrible to write `protocolXYZ.netmask ==
>> 24`?
>
> Some are sent over the wire as a 32-bit mask, which could, conceivably, have 
> holes in the middle.

Right, so I guess a UINT32, with some sort of dfilter syntax shortcut
for "/x" == (2^x)-1?
___________________________________________________________________________
Sent via:    Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org>
Archives:    https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev
Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev
             mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe

Reply via email to