Re: dynamic generation of dissector

["Robert G. Jakabosky" <bobby () sharedrealm com>]

On Wednesday 02, Erwin Rol wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> is there a way to dynamically generate part of a dissector? For example
> reading a database (sqlite/xml/etc.) and use that at run time to
> generate the dissector?
>
> Are there any dissectors that already do this ?

I wrote a dissector in Lua that reads a text file that describes many 
different message layouts:
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/LLUDP_Dissector

It should be possible to use the standard Lua modules for reading a database 
from a Lua dissector.  But I haven't tried that.

-- 
Robert G. Jakabosky
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