Re: Send info to plugin

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Oct 7, 2011, at 2:27 AM, fab12 () freesurf fr wrote:

> Typically a filename + Directory where the the plugin dissector would
> write some statistic information.

If those are statistics about the protocol, that sort of work is best done in a tap, rather than a dissector; 
dissectors should just dissect packet data and put items corresponding to packet fields into the protocol tree and 
possibly attach "expert info" items to it as a result of further analysis.  You can have plugin taps, just as you can 
have plugin dissectors.

A tap for Wireshark can put up a GUI.
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