Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] NPL to Wireshark compiler/converter
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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 11:15:01 -0700
On Jul 21, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have started working on an NPL to Wireshark compiler/converter ...

It sounds as if Microsoft's new Message Analyzer tool:

	http://blogs.technet.com/b/messageanalyzer/archive/2012/09/17/meet-the-successor-to-microsoft-network-monitor.aspx

will have its own protocol description language:

	Dave MacDonald 21 Sep 2012 4:09 PM
	I'll answer a couple of questions:

	* Parsers aren't compatible. But, we have a number of ways to bootstrap from various artifacts such as IDL and Microsoft Technical Document sources, and extensible input model. OPN is much more descriptive or higher "fidelity" than NPL. We are looking at a basic NPL bootstrapper but haven't made a determination on the value prop for that.

The language is called Open Protocol Notation:

	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj714800.aspx

(and all managed code - "The entire OPN system, including types, actors, endpoints, and flow is implemented in .NET classes.").