Guy,
Okay... Is this (writing a dissector) something a "non programmer" can do?
And if so, are there any instructions available for writing a dissector?
Yes, I meant "dissect".
Thank you again,
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Harris
To: Tony Scarola
Cc: 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Sent: 11/19/2003 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] TCP "Data" ?
On Nov 19, 2003, at 1:32 PM, Tony Scarola wrote:
> Do you know if it is possible to simply tell Ethereal that a certain
> port
> maps to a specific application (i.e. port 5900 is [most likely] VNC)?
Yes. Step 1 is to write a VNC dissector. Step 2 is to make it
register itself for TCP port 5900. :-)
> I see that there is a "decode as" option, however, do not see any way
> to
> change or develop custom protocols for "unknown ports". I would think
> there
> might be an easy way for non-programmers to add custom ports.
What do you mean by "change or develop custom protocols"? Do you mean
*dissect* those protocols?
