Guy, Okay... Is this (writing a dissector) something a "non programmer" can do? And if so, are there any instructions available for writing a dissector?
Yes, I meant "dissect". Thank you again, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Guy Harris To: Tony Scarola Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 11/19/2003 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] TCP "Data" ? On Nov 19, 2003, at 1:32 PM, Tony Scarola wrote: > Do you know if it is possible to simply tell Ethereal that a certain > port > maps to a specific application (i.e. port 5900 is [most likely] VNC)? Yes. Step 1 is to write a VNC dissector. Step 2 is to make it register itself for TCP port 5900. :-) > I see that there is a "decode as" option, however, do not see any way > to > change or develop custom protocols for "unknown ports". I would think > there > might be an easy way for non-programmers to add custom ports. What do you mean by "change or develop custom protocols"? Do you mean *dissect* those protocols?
