Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Proposing a generic tool for protocol decoder development process

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From: neha mundra <neha_pict@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:51:43 -0800 (PST)
Hi,
     We are Computer Engineering students studying in the final year .The concept of our final year project is as follows ...
            Network Analyzer vendors including Ethereal are working on enhancing features of their products like increasing the range of protocols that the analyser decodes.This entails the incorporation of a new decoder to support each new protocol. Developing a protocol decoder from scratch is a cumbersome task.As a solution,we propose a generic tool to develop protocol decoders,by identifying and exploiting characteristic patterns accross protocols.
 
     We have prepared a prototype which automates the process of generating decoders from the protocol description specified in XML. The tool has been tested successfully for HTTP,SMTP and POP3 protocol decoders.
     Your opinion,interest and suggestion about this tool would be of high regard to us. Please do comment.   
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Thanks and regards,
Neha Mundra, Neha Pattan and Aparna Rajaraman
 
Pune Institute of Computer Technology,
Dhankawadi,
Pune, Maharashtra
India 
          

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