LEGO wrote:
Hi,
While rewriting the XML dissector I wrote a generic parser module that
even if it is slow it's powerful and versatile.
Later on while experimenting for abnf2eth (a never written tool I
planned to use to rewrite at least megaco and mgcp) I came up with TPG
(Text Parser Generator) a prtotype that I did not like myself but I
still wanted to preserve for future reference.
Implementing a protocol description language on top of tvbparse is
something I like to do somewhere in a not too far future. Not wanting
to reinvent the wheel again (I did it for TPG) I wanted to know if
there's such a thing as a protocol description language able to
describe both text and binary protocols I can Implement for ethereal.
One option is the NetPDL language.
Some pointers:
Mario Baldi, Fulvio Risso, NetPDL: An Extensible XML-Based Language for
Packet Header Description, Elsevier Computer Networks Journal (COMNET).
http://staff.polito.it/fulvio.risso/pubs/05Comnet-NetPDL.pdf
Mario Baldi, Fulvio Risso, Using XML for Efficient and Modular Packet
Processing, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA,
December 2005.
http://staff.polito.it/fulvio.risso/pubs/05Globecom.pdf
A pointer to a more detailed description of the language (although a bit
outdated; new specs have not been published yet):
http://analyzer.polito.it/30alpha/docs/dissectors/NetPDL.htm
Cheers,
fulvio
Any pointers or Ideas?
Luis
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