On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:48 AM, p...@wsh.sbrk.co.uk wrote: > TCP has a tcp_dissect_pdus() function that higher protocols can use > to eliminate their dependency on the TCP framing. Is there anything > generic for other layers?
I.e., for other byte-stream-oriented layers? tcp_dissect_pdus() resides atop lower-level reassembly code in the TCP dissector; a similar lower-level reassembly mechanism exists in the SSL/TLS dissector. There's currently no generic code used by both the TCP and SSL/TLS dissector; I have not looked at whether such a generic mechanism could be provided. The TCP and SSL/TLS mechanism use the same reassembly code (in epan/reassemble.c) that other reassembly code (e.g., IP fragment reassembly) uses, but, for protocols implemented atop byte-stream transports, reassembly requires cooperation between the transport layer and the protocol running atop it (unlike, for example, IP fragment reassembly). ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
