Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4581] New: want to hide certain data before submission to

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:40:14 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4581

           Summary: want to hide certain data before submission to
                    external support
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 1.2.6
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: Scott.Cocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
Version 1.2.6 (SVN Rev 31702)

Copyright 1998-2010 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.18.5, with GLib 2.22.3, with WinPcap (version unknown),
with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, without libpcre, with SMI 0.4.8,
with c-ares 1.7.0, with Lua 5.1, with GnuTLS 2.8.5, with Gcrypt 1.4.5, with MIT
Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built Jan 27 2010), with
AirPcap.

Running on Windows XP Service Pack 3, build 2600, with WinPcap version 4.1.1
(packet.dll version 4.1.0.1753), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b
(20091008), GnuTLS 2.8.5, Gcrypt 1.4.5, without AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 30729
--
Common practice is to send screenshots when requesting help from external
support.  This is because sending actual traces violates security best
practices -- there may be sensitive data that you don't want a 3rd party to see
while they help you troubleshoot.

A possible alternative would be to have an option for obfuscating certain
fields.  In this way, I could specify certain fields within the trace that I
want Wireshark to suppress or change.  A possible extension to this idea might
be use this feature for annotation -- "when you see this IP, replace with
Siteminder Policy Server; when you see that IP, replace with Novell
eDirectory".

Some examples below.

Suppression:
checked      Suppress raw bytes
unchecked    Suppress details

Obfuscation:
ip, eth, ldap.LDAPMessage

Annotation:
ip.addr==xxx.yyy.zzz.101       replace: Alteon
ip.addr==xxx.yyy.zzz.102       replace: Siteminder

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