Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] X.25 and Synchronous PPP decoding

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From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:15:15 +0200
w.barker@xxxxxxxxx, Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 12.04.05 17:30:52:
> 
> I have a synchronous adapter that supports X.25 and Synchronous PPP on
> Windows. I can dump the frames to a text file but would really like to
> 
> 1) dump them in some common format (e.g. libpcap?) so that they can then
> subsequently be read and decoded by ethereal (off-line)

The libpcap format is really straightforward, you may have a look at the file wiretap\libpcap.h which includes the pcap_hdr (file header) and pcaprec_hdr (record header). Sorry, I don't have a file format spec at hand (BTW: it might be a good idea to add it to the Ethereal development wiki).

That might be the fastest way to get some results.

> 
> 2) write a capture driver (presumably NDIS LAN)which can pass up copies of
> the frames in real-time thereby allowing ethereal to process them
> dynamically

Sounds like the best idea. In that case, you don't have to handle with the libpcap format, as libpcap/WinPcap will handle things for you.

Never done that myself, so no real help.

> 
> I'm sure that this is quite straightforward (I've produce a fair few NDIS
> drivers before) but it would really help to have
> 
> 1a) a sample X.25 and/or Sync PPP dump in libpcap format for me to study
> 1b) a definition of the file format together with details of the constants
> required to identify the frame (link and packet) types
> 
> 2a) details of the header (pseudo-MAC?) that should be stuck on the front of
> the raw frames before the capture driver passes the packets up the stack
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated? 
> 

Guy Harris might be able to give you more details...

Regards, ULFL

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