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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] port tracking ?

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:26:38 +0200 (CEST)
Hi,

And how does that work with random access to the packets?

Thanx,
Jaap

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Joerg Anders wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Kukosa, Tomas wrote:
>
> > See README.developer chapters 2.2-2.4 concerning conversations.
> > Especially 2.4 Dynamic server port dissector registration
> >
>
> Thank you for this. But I'm in doubt whether this works in plugins, too.
> It always crahsed.
>
> But I think there is a comparatively more simple solution:
>
>  	Somewhere:
>
>  		static dissector_handle_t data_channnel_handle;
>  		data_channnel_handle = create_dissector_handle(...);
>
>  	In control channel dissector:
>
>  		if ( /* a data channel is announced on port X */ ) {
>  			dissector_add("udp.port", X, data_channnel_handle);
>  		}
>
> and also in control channel dissector:
>
>  		if ( /* a data channel closing is announced on port X */ ) {
>  			dissector_delete("udp.port", X, data_channnel_handle);
>  		}
>
> This works fine.(?)
>
> --
> J.Anders, GERMANY, TU Chemnitz, Fakultaet fuer Informatik
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