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The OpenFlow Wireshark Dissector is a Wireshark plugin which dissects the OpenFlow protocol.

Contents

Download the Source

  • Please see our Downloads page for the latest distribution of the dissector.

Compiling and Installing the Plugin

Installation

  1. Install glib
    • Debian: 'sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev'
    • CentOS/RHEL: 'yum install glib2-devel'
  2. Install wireshark v1.0.0 or greater
  3. tar -zxvf openflow_wireshark_dissector-X.Y.Z.tgz
  4. cd wireshark_dissectors/openflow
  5. make
  6. sudo make install
    • Note that this prints out where the plugin was installed.

Installation Verification

  1. Run wireshark
  2. Open the "Help" --> "About" menu
  3. Select the "Plugins" tab
  4. Click the "Name" header to the plugins by name
  5. Verify that "packet-openflow.so" appears in the list.
  6. Verify that its version is listed as the latest version which you downloaded here
  7. Verify that Wireshark can now dissect the example OpenFlow packet capture provided on the downloads page

Screenshot

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