Wireshark is a Free (Libre) and Open Source protocol analyzer used for troubleshooting networks, and analysis of communication protocols. The Lua programming language support has been included in Wireshark for scripting, prototyping and packet dissection. At Aerospike, a NoSQL database company, we have implemented a Wireshark Lua plugin to help us solve issues at the wire level. In this workshop,… more

Wireshark is a Free and Open Source protocol analyzer used for troubleshooting networks, and analysis of communication protocols. The Lua programming language support has been included in Wireshark for scripting, prototyping and packet dissection. At Aerospike, a NoSQL database company, we have implemented a Wireshark Lua plugin to help us solve issues at the wire level. In this talk, I will be s… more

Lua is a simple, powerful, efficient, embeddable scripting language. It is widely used in the industry and is a leading scripting language for C projects. This workshop introduces the participants to the Lua programming language, its syntax and semantics. Lab exercises help in quickly understanding the language constructs. We will then explore three Lua use cases. Firstly, the Wireshark protocol … more