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Is it still possible to make a dissector plugin for Wireshark in python ?

asked 2020-07-28 08:43:28 +0000

lucasCl
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Hi all,

I have to make a dissector plugin for a specific protocol. I was wondering if it was still possible to do it in python. In fact, after many researches I found that Python support was removed from wireshark as of June 2014. Is it still possible to make a plugin in python on the latest version of Wireshark ?

Thanks for your answers

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answered 2020-07-28 09:29:01 +0000

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Unfortunately not. Python as a built-in scripting language was deprecated due to lack of developers able to support it.

Your options are:

A traditional C-Based dissector.
A script based dissector using the built-in Lua language support.
A text based dissector using the external project plugin WSGD.

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Thanks for your answer. You didn't mention pyreshark. Is it another option or you don't recommend it ?

lucasCl ( 2020-07-28 09:44:45 +0000 )edit

AFAIK it's been abandoned, last release in 2015 at version 0.1.4.

grahamb ( 2020-07-28 10:05:13 +0000 )edit

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