[Wireshark-dev] How to check whether a plugin is installed from inside a dissector ?
Hi all, I am currently trying to decode the IEEE 802.16E TLV's that WIMAXASNCP is unable to, and I found out that the corresponding TLV's are already dissected in the Intel WiMAX plugin. I have been trying to link up the two plugins so that the IEEE specified TLV's are dissected in WIMAXASNCP plugin using the functions available in the WIMAX plugin, while they still retain the necessary independence from each other. For this, I am thinking of decoding only if I find a given plugin installed.Is there any way to check from inside a dissector whether a plugin is installed or not? Cheers!! Smit Rastogi Wipro Technologies Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com ___ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to check whether a plugin is installed from inside a dissector ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am currently trying to decode the IEEE 802.16E TLV's that WIMAXASNCP is unable to, and I found out that the corresponding TLV's are already dissected in the Intel WiMAX plugin. I have been trying to link up the two plugins so that the IEEE specified TLV's are dissected in WIMAXASNCP plugin using the functions available in the WIMAX plugin, while they still retain the necessary independence from each other. For this, I am thinking of decoding only if I find a given plugin installed.Is there any way to check from inside a dissector whether a plugin is installed or not? Would find_dissector() work? ___ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to check whether a plugin is installed from inside a dissector ?
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Jeff Morriss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am currently trying to decode the IEEE 802.16E TLV's that WIMAXASNCP is unable to, and I found out that the corresponding TLV's are already dissected in the Intel WiMAX plugin. I have been trying to link up the two plugins so that the IEEE specified TLV's are dissected in WIMAXASNCP plugin using the functions available in the WIMAX plugin, while they still retain the necessary independence from each other. For this, I am thinking of decoding only if I find a given plugin installed.Is there any way to check from inside a dissector whether a plugin is installed or not? Would find_dissector() work? Even if you could detect that another dissector is present, could one plugin dissector access data exported from another plugin? Would a preferred approach be to: - move wimaxasncp to a builtin dissector - export its dictionary object to plugins - add the missing TLVs into the XML file that wimaxasncp parses - use the exported dictionary in the wimax plugin contributed by Intel ? I don't know how much commonality there is between the TLVs seen on the air interface and those on the other interfaces (whose messages are decoded by wimaxasncp). Also, wimaxasncp is still at version 1.0 of the protocol - I don't know if one dictionary file could serve all interfaces and versions simultaneously (I don't really know WiMAX). Martin ___ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev ___ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
