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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector from metafile?

From: Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:52:07 +0200
Hi, 

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:52:19AM +0100, Tamas Somogyi wrote:
> Defining protocol dissectors in text metafiles for Wireshark would have
> many advantages: no need for installing the whole development
> environment for adding just a simple protocol, moreover it would be no
> software development work any more to add protocol to Wireshark.
> 
> Is there any existing possibility to define dissector from meta-file
> instead of coding, or is there any ongoing development in this
> direction?

There's WiresharkGenericDissector (wsgd) available @ http://wsgd.free.fr/

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