Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Follow TCP Stream decoder plugins?

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From: Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 14:50:50 +0200
On 5/9/05, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is it possible to write a TCP stream decoder plugin that'd decode a
> >(binary) TCP stream (in the follow TCP stream window)?
> >For example, I'd like to decode a BitTorrent stream this way.
> >
> >
> Hi!
> 
> IMHO, you should write a dissector for this.
> 
> Other TCP based dissectors use the conversation feature available (don't
> get confused by the conversation dialog which is a slightly different
> thing).

Are there examples of such dissectors for common protocols?
And where does the dissector show it's output?

I'd like the output to be available in a single window (like follow TCP stream).
 
> You'll first write a dissector which uses the TCP conversation to get
> the right way of decoding the packets.
> 
> Sorry, didn't do that myself before, someone else might give you more
> details (and have a look at the file doc/Readme.developer)
> 
> Regards, ULFL
>