At Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:07:34 -0500, Aziz KEZZOU wrote: > > Hi all, > I am wondering if any one knows about a generic parser which takes a > packet (mbuf) of a certain protocol (e.g RSVP ) as input and generates > some data structre representing the packet ? > > I've been searching for a while and found that ethereal and tcpdump > for example use specific data structres and functions to dissect each > protocol packets. Is this the only approach possible ? > > My supervisor suggested using a TLV (Type/Length/Value) approach > instead. Any opinions about that? > > If no such a parser exists is there any practical reason why ? >
You might want to look at libnet and libnet-ng. Start here: http://www.packetfactory.net/libnet/ Perhaps not exactly what you want but the beginnings are there. Later, George _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
