🝰 wssdl

Wireshark-Specific Dissector Language

wssdl.packet {
  message     : u8();
  definition  : i32();
  done        : utf8z();
  easy        : ipv4();
}

What is this?

wssdl is a domain specific language on top of lua built for the purpose of expressing easily message dissectors.

Documentation

Also check out some of the samples.

Install

From the release

Grab the bootstrapped wssdl.lua from the latest release, and put it in your Wireshark Plugin directory (usually ~/.config/wireshark/plugins, ~/.wireshark/plugins or /usr/lib/wireshark/<version>)

From source

The build toolchain needs lua 5.1 or newer, luarocks and the luafilesystem module.

Clone this repository, and from the root directory call make install to install it to ~/.config/wireshark/plugins, or make WS_PLUGIN_DIR=/your/path install to install it to the path of your choice.