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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] IRC Protocol dissector in wireshark

From: Stephen Fisher <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:30:28 -0600
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 04:22:29PM -0400, Padmini Jaikumar wrote:

> From a development standpoint, how does Wireshark filter out IRC 
> traffic? Are there are a predefined set of strings that it uses? If so 
> where can I find this set. Also, where can I look for the IRC protocol 
> filter in the Wireshark code?

The IRC dissector can be found in the source code tree in 
epan/dissectors/packet-irc.c or on the web at:

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-irc.c


Steve