Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Help importing custom data to libpcap file??

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:46:53 -0700
On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Alex Lindberg wrote:

> I would like to create a libpcap formated file based on custom data formats, NOT from a live capture stream.  I will also build custom dissectors for this data and use a user defined packet type.
> 
> Any suggestions?

My first suggestion would be to think whether you need a libpcap-formatted file.  If the custom data format isn't a form of protocol traffic, it's not necessarily what you want.

What type of data is the custom data?