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how to begin with wireshark plugin coding

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I a new to wireshark plugin development. How can I start with wireshark plugin development.

asked 11 Oct '12, 23:14

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Invaluable sources are

  • Wireshark Developer Guide
  • the doc/ directory in the sources
  • The sources

You could opt to start in Lua, or use the Wireshark Generic Dissector

answered 12 Oct '12, 05:47

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The Generic dissector is very hard to understand. Is there any simpler one?

(15 Oct '12, 23:02) Akhil

In epan/dissectors there is a multitude of dissectors to look at. It's hard to give better advice without knowing more about the protocol you want to build a dissector for. Is it running on TCP, UDP or other? Start with the example in readme.developer make that compile as a plugin as a start.

(16 Oct '12, 06:56) Anders ♦