Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] XDR Decode

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:44:31 -0800
Pierre Brillon wrote:

Was wondering if anyone has seen or heard about XDR decode option/download for Ethereal. This XDR decode option would be very usefull to monitor XDR protocol between HPUX and our equipement.

If by XDR you mean Sun's XDR, it isn't a "protocol", *per se*, just as, for example, ASN.1 BER or PER, or DCE RPC NDR, aren't protocols, *per se*. They're encoding rules used for various protocols; what protocol are you using? If it's an ONC RPC-based protocol, you can write a dissector for the protocol - there already exist dissectors in Ethereal for some ONC RPC-based protocols, such as the portmapper/rpcbind protocol, the NIS and NIS+ protocols, and the NFS, mount, and lock manager protocols.

If by XDR you *don't* mean Sun's XDR, you might have to tell us what that protocol is.