On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:03 PM Helge Kruse <Helge.Kruse@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I wrote some dissectors using C/C++ in the past. Some of the
> (proprietary) protocols based on TCP use a protocol negotiation that
> result in different protocol variants. These variants are incompatible
> without respecting the protocol variant. For that purpose it was very
> helpful to identify a conversation in a TCP connection.
>
> Unfortunately conversations are not supported yet for LUA dissectors
> (Bug 15396 <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15396>).
> Unfortunately the bug was rated with "low importance". How can I
> convince the development team to give more attention?
You could offer money. That tends to concentrate the mind?
More immediately, you could suggest a possible syntax. A conversation
is not necessarily associated with a specific protocol (and they have
been used in the 802.11 dissector) we may need a separate
conversations object ...
> Is there any workaround?
I am unaware of any.
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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
(何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)