Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Port numbers and dissectors

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From: Laurent Deniel <deniel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:25:58 +0200
Glen Turner wrote:
> 
> I have written a dissector for Cisco Systems' NetFlow Export
> packets.
> 
> Unfortunately, there is no fixed UDP port number for this
> traffic -- it is configured into the router and the client.
> 
> At the moment I've just hard-coded the port number we use,
> as I used a dissector that used a fixed port number as the
> starting point.
> 
> What is the recommended way to make this work with any port
> number -- do I have to turn it into a plugin?

Look at the diameter dissector which registers preferences for the
TCP and UDP ports it uses.

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