RE: Wireshark dissector : conversion of string into userdata

[Thijs Schreijer <thijs@...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org [mailto:lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org] On
> Behalf Of Segreto, Ingrid
> Sent: dinsdag 9 juni 2015 14:40
> To: Lua mailing list
> Subject: Wireshark dissector : conversion of string into userdata
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working on a wireshark dissector and I have a part of my dissector that
> uses a C#.net dll. The objective is to decipher a part of the frame (this is
> done by the dll) captured by wireshark and to dissect the deciphered frame
> obtained. The problem is that all my dissectors functions uses a parameter
> called "buffer" which has a "userdata" type coming from Wireshark, and my
> dll returns a string.
> Is there a way to convert the string into a userdata ?
> 
> I tried to modify my dll to return a byte[] type but I was not able to use
> this variable like "buffer".
> 
> I also tried to send back my result on the network on localhost using
> (luasocket) but wireshark doesn't capture the packets in localhost.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Ingrid

This pretty much sounds like a wireshark specific problem. I think you're better of asking this question on their support pages or mailing lists.

Thijs