Marcelo Jedi wrote: > Hi everybody, > > After I learned how to write simple dissectors (without conversation > or any advanced feature) I started to look for some dissector > generators. I tested idl2wrs, asn2wrs and Pidl. They work fine, but > generate code related to specific protocols, not for a generic one. > > I think ASN.1 language would be great for building generic dissectors, > I mean, dissectors that do not use BER / PER encoding but a kind of > raw enconding, suitable for describing generic protocols. > > I would like to know if there is any project in this direction or if > there is any framework for automatic dissector generation in progress. > My internet search did not bring me any good result.
You might take a look at NetPDL (http://www.nbee.org/Docs/NetPDL/), a generalized protocol markup language. A "netpdl2wrs" dissector generator would be pretty useful, IMHO. _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
