Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Reading Tektronix K1205 traces with Ethereal

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:11:05 -0700 (PDT)
Christian Falckenberg said:
> Is anyone planning to develop the capability to understand the Tektronix
> K1205 trace format in Ethereal?

I think somebody asked about it once, but I don't know of anybody working
on it or planning to work on it.

> It may not be too difficult looking at
> the example code for other analyzers in wiretap, but it would certainly
> require a detailed understanding of this format (the API manual on the
> Tektronix page may help with this). Are there any legal restrictions for
> doing something like this, with the possible need to reverse engineer
> the traces?

In at least some countries some amount of reverse engineering is
considered legal; I don't know anything beyond that, e.g. what forms
*wouldn't* be considered legal in those countries.