Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Protocol Request

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Brandmeyer wrote:
> I was wondering if there is a way to request the addition of protocols 
> to be decoded by Ethereal.

Yes.

One way is to ask on the mailing list; another is to add it to the 
wishlist on the Wiki.  The former is probably more likely to be seen, as 
people might not be monitoring the Wiki; the latter makes a more 
permanent record of the request.

> Is there a mechanism for people to create additional decoders and add them 
> like a "plug-in"?

Yes - in fact, those are the *only* types of plugins Ethereal currently 
supports.  Dissectors written as plugins aren't very different from 
dissectors linked into Ethereal - both are written in C.

See the various README files in the doc directory of Ethereal for 
information on developing new dissectors.