Re: Filebacked-tvbuffs : GSoC'13

[Ambarisha B <b.ambarisha () gmail com>]

Hi Anders,

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Anders Broman <a.broman () bredband net>wrote:

>  Not necessarily if we can hide the fact in the tvb or reassembly
> functions.

But the dissectors create the tvb from the reassembled data. So, if we
define a new type of tvbuff which has to be used, wouldn't that effect the
dissectors?

I think the first step is to find out how feasible this idea is and an
> implementation strategy. gziped files, encrypted files etc may prove the
> idea not valid.

I understand that feasibility could be a concern in the sense that "we cut
down memory usage without *any* loss in performance* because that would
depend on how well we can tune the cache. I was thinking that the file
backing the tvbuff would be a separate file and not the capture file. In
that case, encryption and compression of capture file wouldn't matter. Am I
missing something here?

Cheers
Ambarisha

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