[CarstenFuchs@xxxxxxxxxxx (Carsten Fuchs)]

Dear group,

I am pretty new to Ethereal and some time ago someone
told me how a new protocol can be added to it
(by writing a dissector module).
Well, I was looking into the compilation process
documents, and it seems very complicated to me.
Seems one has to really get in touch with everything
just in order to compile it oneself, not to say writing an
own dissector module (which should be easier once
it compiles at all, I guess).

Therefore my question / suggestion is if new protocols
can be added without recompiling?
Say, there could be some protocol definition files
that Ethereal reads in: This way new protocols could
be added and changed within much less time and
with a minimum effort.
That would be really great and useful:
I am developing a networking app whose network
protocol is still in development.
The ability to adapt Ethereal fast to changes in my app's
protocol would be very useful.

Are there any plans for such a feature in the near future?
Does it exist, and I didn't notice?

Many thanks for your help!

Best,
Carsten


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