[Ethereal-dev] RE: [OID] Field Information

["Kukosa, Tomas" <tomas.kukosa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: [Ethereal-dev] OID Field Information

Hi,

 

my proposal would be to put such a preference into "Name Resolution" preference group.

It could be combo-box (similar to Defauul capture interface) with predefined values.

 

I have no opinion concerning URI as know about it nearly nothing.

 

Tomas

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From: Graeme Lunt [mailto:graeme.lunt@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:09 PM
To: Kukosa, Tomas; 'Ethereal development'
Subject: RE: [OID] Field Information

Tomas,

 

I have just checked the change in to provide the "Field Information" context menu item (18125).

I've added the function to oid_resolv.[ch] rather than packet-ber.[ch] as you suggested.

However this means the URL template is not (currently) configurable as I didn't know where "OID" preferences should appear. Any suggestions?

For now the URL template is fixed to the www.alvestrand.no site (which contain links to the elibel site).

 

I have another change (which I haven't checked in) that introduces a new field type for URIs (FT_URI) . This allows the new "Field Information" menu item to then bring up the indicated location. My particular interest is the URI form of a GeneralName which is used in a number of X.509 certificate extensions.

 

But is a URI field type a sensible addition?

 

Graeme

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From: Kukosa, Tomas [mailto:tomas.kukosa@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 May 2006 13:05
To: graeme@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ethereal development
Subject: RE: [Ethereal-dev] OID Field Information

Hi,

 

I would prefer to put OID related functions into e.g. oid_resolv.[ch] instead of packet-ber.[ch].

I guess ber_get_oid_url() could be ranamed to get_oid_url() and located in oid_resolv.[ch] as it is not BER related.

 

Regards,

 Tomas

 

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Od: ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx za uživatele Graeme Lunt
Odesláno: po 1.5.2006 12:34
Komu: 'Ethereal development'
Předmět: [Ethereal-dev] OID Field Information

Hi,

I have developed a patch so that if the user chooses "Field Information" (a
new context menu item) on a field type of FT_OID, a web page will be brought
up with their preferred reference page. (e.g.
http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/2.5.18.5.html)

I just wanted to check that this is an appropriate way to go about it before
I check it in.
Specifically:
a) Is it architecturally correct to reference a dissector (packet-ber) from
the gtk\ portion of the tree?
b) Would a "link" style (like FT_FRAMENUM) be better than extending the
context menu?

There is a diff attached for the gtk/ files (packet-ber.[ch] patch not
included).

Comments?

Graeme