Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:22:49 +0100 (CET) From: <bachi@te-clan.ch> To: <opensource.enthousiat@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: generic network protocols parser ? Message-ID: <29347.193.134.254.115.1109953369.squirrel@webmail.te-clan.ch> In-Reply-To: <37e13166050304080715525d7e@mail.gmail.com> References: <37e13166050304080715525d7e@mail.gmail.com>
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i'm not an expert, but you can attach to bpf (berkeley packet filter) greets Andreas Bachmann > Hi all, > I am wondering if any one knows about a generic parser which takes a > packet (mbuf) of a certain protocol (e.g RSVP ) as input and generates > some data structre representing the packet ? > > I've been searching for a while and found that ethereal and tcpdump for > example use specific data structres and functions to dissect each > protocol packets. Is this the only approach possible ? > > My supervisor suggested using a TLV (Type/Length/Value) approach > instead. Any opinions about that? > > If no such a parser exists is there any practical reason why ? > > Thanks, > Aziz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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