Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Transform "H323 Conversations" to a more generic "VoIP Conves
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ethereal-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Francisco Alcoba (TS/EEM)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:09 AM
> To: 'Ethereal development'
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Transform "H323 Conversations" to a more
> generic "VoIP Convesations"
>
> > I think for the "flow or analysis display" will be better to be a
> > "graphic" instead of just a "list". The "conversation list"
> > will fill a
> > structure when the "call" is selected to analysis. This structure is
> > like:
> > "Time"
> > "IP:port src"
> > "IP:port dst"
> > "Protocol"
> > "Message": with any additional info like: "SETUP 12345"
> > "Comment": additional comments
> >
> > And then the "flow display" will have to display something like:
> >
> > Time Protocol Node_A Node_B Node_C
> > Comments
> > 1:00 H323_H225 SETUP 12345 --->
> > FastStart
> > 1:00 H323_H225 SETUP 12345 --->
> > FastStart
> > 1:01 H323_H225 <--- CALL PROC
> >
> > The "Node_X" will be identified by just IP address (not the port).
So
> > the "flow display" will dynamically add more nodes if it is
necessary.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately I'm still trying to find my way around GTK, so I don't
> really know the difference, but "graphic" sounds to me like something
that
> might make it impossible to select a packet. Is it so? What I mean is
that,
> in the current "analyze" option for H323 conversations, you can click
on a
> packet and make the main window go to it, and so you can see its
complete
> decoding. I think that is really useful, and it would be good to
maintain.
Agree that it should be a way to "click" the packet in the "analyze"
windows and select it in the Main window. I think it is also possible
using actual "graphics" in GTK. I'll work on this "graphic" interface.
>
> If, on the other hand, by graphic you mean that it will show the nodes
and
> the direction the packet is taking, I totally agree. I think the
easiest -
> and maybe most practical- way to do it would be to use the "Info"
field to
> describe the packet, since each dissector is already putting there a
> summary of the most important data, so you just need to pick it out,
and
> it is generic. The problem is the size and the way to put it in the
window.
> It might help to do it on a specific column, something like:
>
>
> Time | 10.1.1.1 | 11.1.11.1 | 3.3.3.3 | Protocol | Info
>
> 1 -----------> SIP/SDP Request:
INVITE
> sip:333...
> 2 -----------> SIP/SDP Request: INVITE
> sip:333...
> 3 <--------------------- SIP Status:
401
> Unauthorized
> 4 ----------------------> SIP Request:
ACK...
>
> If it works like that, you can use it for any protocol, like HTTP, or
WAP,
> anytime you think the flow display is useful. That's why I think it
would
> be better not to make it VoIP-specific, and make it depending on the
main
> window, not on the H323 one.
>
> Regards,
>
> Francisco
>
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