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IEEE 802.11: Disable FCS validation by default. 

Disable FCS/checksum validation by default to match Ethernet, IPv4,
IPv6, TCP, UDP, SCTP, etc.

Change-Id: I289b6a05e73da2b020ee65b3298cb054a29c6d42
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/28485
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
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Gerald Combs 2018-06-27 10:21:58 -07:00
parent 2bb09c2d56
commit 16f543a232
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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docbook/release-notes.asciidoc
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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ since version 2.6.0:
* TShark now supports the `-G elastic-mapping` option which generates an ElasticSearch mapping file.
* The “Capture Information” dialog has been added back (wsbuglink:12004[]).
* The Ethernet dissector no longer validates the frame check sequence (checksum) by default.
* The Ethernet and IEEE 802.11 dissectors no longer validate the frame check sequence (checksum) by default.
* The TCP dissector gained a new “Reassemble out-of-order segments” preference
to fix dissection and decryption issues in case TCP segments are received
out-of-order. See the User’s Guide, chapter _TCP Reassembly_ for details.

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epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c
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@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static gboolean wlan_subdissector = TRUE;
static gboolean wlan_check_fcs = FALSE;
/* Check the FCS checksum */
static gboolean wlan_check_checksum = TRUE;
static gboolean wlan_check_checksum = FALSE;
/* Ignore vendor-specific HT elements */
static gboolean wlan_ignore_draft_ht = FALSE;