Re: generic network protocols parser ?
From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman (green_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 03/04/05
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:04:58 -0500 To: Aziz KEZZOU <opensource.enthousiat@gmail.com>
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:07:34AM -0500, Aziz KEZZOU wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am wondering if any one knows about a generic parser which takes a
> packet (mbuf) of a certain protocol (e.g RSVP ) as input and generates
> some data structre representing the packet ?
>
> I've been searching for a while and found that ethereal and tcpdump
> for example use specific data structres and functions to dissect each
> protocol packets. Is this the only approach possible ?
>
> My supervisor suggested using a TLV (Type/Length/Value) approach
> instead. Any opinions about that?
>
> If no such a parser exists is there any practical reason why ?
Ethereal uses TLV...
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