Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] What Wireshark base version to use for customization
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:51:23PM -0500, John Dill wrote:
> So what restrictions are there when you have a Wireshark plugin that
> contains proprietary information (which can be of the do not export
> variety) from the govt or customer and they do *not* want that
> information released to the public, since Wireshark can be used as a
> tool to visualize and analyze these private kinds of protocols? If
> some of that implementation leaks into the Wireshark application (like
> hiding all of the unnecessary protocol cruft to make it simpler for
> user to use), what are the implications?
Is the proprietary information short, such as encryption keys? A
preference can be used for things like that and then only if the
user's preferences file is shared will it get out. If that's a
high-risk, you could even have the dissector/plug-in do something
non-stndard like reading a file for the information (but we probably
wouldn't want that kind of dissector in the base source).
