README.md

blob2wireshark

Is a plugin for wireshark, which helps to analyse binaries arrays or blob by dissectors

plugin functions:

• convert bin files into pcap file
• provides lua dissectors templates
• creates lua dissectors snippets depends of pseudo-c-struct-definition

How to

Install

1. Copy b2ws-plugin folder to a wireshark plugin folder

Convert binary file to pcap files

Create example a binary file with:

mkdir example_build
cd example_build
cmake ../example
make
./b2ws_example_blob_writer
ls *.bin

1. Open Wireshark
2. Open ImportBlob windows by click on "Tools-> bw2s -> ImportBlob"
3. Click on "Change Settings", enter the path of the binary file.
   • you could also change the fake src, dst and type field.
4. Click on "ImportBlob". Now the create a pcap file (in the same folder as the binary file) and open this file

Create lua dissector file

1. Open Wireshark
2. Open ImportBlob windows by click on "Tools-> bw2s -> ImportBlob"
3. Click on "Create Dissector"
4. Enter a name for the dissector and press ok. Now the plugin create a "default" lua dissector file in the b2ws-plugin folder. This file can und should be edit by you, e.g. add/change ProtoField or add protocol layes (see wiki.wireshark LuaAPI/).