Hi,
Do you plan to implement protocol decode support for TCP
tools such as that of www.FlashNetworks.com
<http://www.flashnetworks.com/?
It is my understanding that if someone collects IP trace data from a
network node which is using a compression tool then currently Ethereal
would not be capable of decoding the TCP and following service protocols
as they would be in a proprietary compression format.
Best regards
Mark
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Mark Slinger wrote:

Do you plan to implement protocol decode support for TCP
tools such as that of www.FlashNetworks.com
<http://www.flashnetworks.com/?

http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q1.6

We, collectively, don't have any plans to add any protocol support of
any sort; protocol dissection support is up to individuals.

It is my understanding that if someone collects IP trace data from a
network node which is using a compression tool then currently Ethereal
would not be capable of decoding the TCP and following service protocols
as they would be in a proprietary compression format.

If it's proprietary *and* secret, it would require reverse-engineering
of the compression scheme. , it'd require a spec of some sort.

In both cases, it'd require somebody with the time to implement it and
an interest in implementing it; as per the FAQ item cited above, that's
what's required for *any* protocol to be handled.

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