Hello Folks,
Here's a problem I've been wrestling with for some time. When a DOCSIS
modem comes online it will download its configuration file via TFTP. The
contents of the configuration file are in Type/Length/Value format for
which i have already have a dissector for. I was thinking that It would be
really nice to be able to decode the tftp data using that dissector.
After discussing this with Ed Warnicke a bit an excellent idea was
suggested to me. For protocols like http/ftp/tftp which carry data, it
would be nice to have a subsystem that could reassamble that data and allow
you to do things like save it as a file, pipe it (or pass it as an
argument) to an arbitrary program or decode it with an arbitrary
dissector. So for example you could pipe an image to XV or some such
program to view it.
So I have a few questions:
1. Does this seem like a worthwhile feature.
2. if so, is anyone interested in assisting with this?
Thanks,
Anand
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Anand V. Narwani, CCIE 3892
Advanced Engineering Services
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Email: anarwani@xxxxxxxxx
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