Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] malformed packet (exception occurred)

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Welcome to the club. 

First of all it's called Wireshark, so please no camelcase.  

It might be that your packet capture contains unexpected contents, as far as the dissector is concerned. Wireshark is built to contain such errors as good as possible. 

First of all make sure you've got the latest stable release (1.2.6 now) and see how far the dissection goes. 

Then verify the packet content adheres the protocol specification. Furthermore the dissector may be lacking, which you may see when inspecting the code you can view/download from the Wireshark website. 

Finally you can send a small capture to the list for others to have a look at. 

Thanks,

Jaap

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On 11 feb 2010, at 19:40, jack craig <jcraig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi WireShark Users,

I am just starting to use wireshark for local network analysis.

i am seeing errors, malformed mysql malformed packet (exception occurred).

does this mean the exception occurred in the mysql packet dissector ?

how might i drill down to get to the bottom of this error?

tia, jackc...

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Jack Craig
Software Engineer
831.461.7100 x120
www.extraview.com 

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