Wireshark developers,
I am working on a software package and would like to use the Wireshark
packet dissectors instead of writing my own. I am a U.S. Government
employee, so any code that I write is public domain and not subject to
the GPL. I am trying to find out if there is a way to interface to
Wireshark without having to compile the Wireshark libraries into my
software. I would like to avoid the licensing issues of GPL vs. public
domain vs. company proprietary software that may arise as part of the
project I'm involved.
The FAQ, in section 1.9, discusses how you can use Wireshark as part of
a commercial product. It mentions using sockets or pipes to keep
Wireshark separated from the commercial software. I don't need
real-time access to the data, so I think this solution would work in my
case.
My question is, how do I go about doing this? I can find no description
of how to interface to Wireshark via sockets. I have found some
description of pipes for Wireshark, but they are always through a Unix
interface. I can't be the only one who would like to use this type of
interface on Win32. I'm sure there's information out there but I don't
know where to look. I've already done a few Google searches, but they
didn't turn up anything useful.
-- Jim
P.S. I'm not part of the wireshark-dev mailing list, so please respond
to me directly or at least using a CC.
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