Hi All,

I am adding a new protocol to wireshark that does not rely or depend on any 
other protocols(tcp, udp, ethernet,ppp,etc). I will be thankful if anyone can 
help me understand the following things:

1. I have written the protocol dissector for my unique protocol. But how do I 
differentiate the input packets in .pcap file so that only my protocol 
dissector gets called to process the data? And how can I add uniqueness to the 
input data stream to customize it to my protocol. Is the protocol identified by 
means of some common pattern in the input stream of bytes .If that is the case, 
how can I do that?

2. What is the difference between the dissector table and encapsulation table. 
I have understood how the protocol dissector encodes the input data and display 
it in a tree based on the formatting defined by static arrays ett and hf. What 
all steps I need to perform in order to write a protocol dissector that does 
not depend on any existing protocols and customize the input data in pcap file 
so that my protocol dissector gets called only when it comes across correct 
input data.

Mrunal
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