generic network protocols parser ?

[Brian Fundakowski Feldman]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:07:34AM -0500, Aziz KEZZOU wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am wondering if any one knows  about a generic parser which takes a
> packet (mbuf) of a certain protocol (e.g RSVP ) as input and generates
> some data structre representing the packet ?
> 
> I've been searching for a while and found that ethereal and tcpdump
> for example use specific data structres and functions to dissect each
> protocol packets. Is this the only approach possible ?
> 
> My supervisor suggested using a TLV (Type/Length/Value) approach
> instead. Any opinions about that?
> 
> If no such a parser exists is there any practical reason why ?

Ethereal uses TLV...

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