Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] XML Decoding
From: "Luis EG Ontanon" <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:08:59 +0200
A tcp.port (range) and/or to register the heuristic dissector for
those cases where there's not necessarily a known port

On 8/2/07, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Should the XML dissector have a port (range) preference?  Would be
> easier than LUA...
>
> Luis EG Ontanon wrote:
> > No, it would be enough to have the XML dissector register for the
> > given port in the tcp.port table.
> >
> > Or have the heuristic dissector register for TCP, but that would be expensive.
> >
> > -- lua snipplet that registers XML on tcp port 12345
> > DissectorTable.get("tcp.port"):add(12345, Dissector.get("xml"));
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/2/07, Rick Gudmundson <rickg421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Suppose I've got a protocol that is simply XML running over TCP. I know that
> >> Wireshark is capable of dissecting XML data from HTTP packets, etc. What's
> >> the shortest/easiest way to dissect a conversation just as XML? Does it
> >> require a new XML dissector?
> >>
> >> Rick
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