[Olivier Abad <oabad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On mer, jui 19, 2000 at 07:17:09 +0900, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> OK, 
> 
> now that I have the structural parts of docbook behaving for me so I can
> produce a document, I need some content.
> 
> Could those who have developed a dissector tell me a little about how you
> came upon Ethereal, and what motivated you to start working on Ethereal?

I was looking for an open source packet sniffer for Unix, because I
wanted to decode a proprietary protocol I'm using at work.

When I found ethereal, I easily added my own dissector. I started
maintaining my own set of patches for it, and adding things I needed in
the official ethereal : LAPB and X.25 dissectors, Radcom and nettl
support in wiretap.

Then I decided to add plugins in ethereal because maintaining my patch
was painful.

Olivier
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