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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Regarding wireshark design

From: ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:43:54 +1000
Perhaps the answer can be found in the documentation ?


On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Singh, Anand <Anand.Singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>                Can you please let me know how does it talk with raw packets. Is it using existing TCP stack or is it directly communication with lower level drivers like phy/Mac layer. & Where do I find that code section where we accessing raw buffers.
>
> Regards
> Anand
>
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> There are READMEs in the doc subdirectory.
>
> README.developer is a good starting point.
>
>
> Otherwise, most of the code is pretty straightforward so it shouldnt be too hard to just read it.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Singh, Anand <Anand.Singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>                   Can anyone give me thorough reference on how exactly
>> wireshark work while displaying packet on linux. Where do I start to
>> get insights of design of wireshark. What is the code flow, from which
>> file I start browsing the code. I will greatly help me understand
>> wirshark existing code & enhance the code for my usage.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Anand
>>
>>
>>
>>
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