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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 3460] New: data decompression/processing

Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:38:44 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3460

           Summary: data decompression/processing
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: i2egulus@xxxxxxxxx



Alek <i2egulus@xxxxxxxxx> changed:

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Created an attachment (id=2992)
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Decompression processor code

Build Information:
Version 1.0.7 (SVN Rev 28014)

Copyright 1998-2009 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.12.8, with GLib 2.14.6, with WinPcap (version unknown),
with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, with libpcre 7.0, with SMI 0.4.8,
with ADNS, with Lua 5.1, with GnuTLS 2.6.3, with Gcrypt 1.4.3, with MIT
Kerberos, with PortAudio V19-devel, with AirPcap.

Running on Windows XP Service Pack 3, build 2600, with WinPcap version 4.0.2
(packet.dll version 4.0.0.1040), based on libpcap version 0.9.5, without
AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 build 8804

Wireshark is Open Source Software released under the GNU General Public
License.

Check the man page and http://www.wireshark.org for more information.
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Because it reads bitwise data directly from an input buffer and outputs that
same data to the user interface (ascribing field names to portions of the
bitwise data so the user is able to make sense of them), it is limited to the
size of the data in question for what it is able to output to the user. This is
a limitation because if some process were to be done on the bitwise data,
Wireshark is unable to output the data post-processing to the user interface. 

The decompression processor attached could be use to process the data. It
produces a general-use vector of strings for the purpose of outputting to the
UI data beyond what is directly referenced in the buffer while still relying on
that data.


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