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Friday, November 07, 2008

NetMon Parsers – Existing parsers available and more coming via CodePlex

Network Monitor - Open Source Parsers for Network Monitor 3.2

“With the release of NM3.2, we revamped the parser management so that we can support parser upgrades. So I’m pleased to announce that we just released a new version of the parsers on http://www.codeplex.com/nmparsers. As new parsers become available or the current parsers become extended or improved, you’ll be able to get the latest version.

The Plan

Our plan is to release a new set parsers every month. The updates will be based on your feedback and bug/issue reports that are filed on the site. It may take us a bit of time to completely convert our development over to CodePlex. In the meantime there may be fixes for bugs that have been filed internally. But soon you’ll see the parser files updated live along with a matching MSI installer each month. We have already released a new MSI with the current parser changes. Just look at the Release tab off of our CodePlex site and choose the MSI package that matches your installed Network Monitor OS version.

Eventually, we will document and expose the code for MSI creation so that you can create packages for your own parser sets. Also, we are planning to provide documentation for how to test parsers so that you can understand how we test internally for regressions and compatibility.

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CodeProject - Network Monitor Open Source Parsers

“Welcome to the Network Monitor Open Protocol CodePlex Project!
This project will contain the latest updates for the Network Monitor parsers. All parser development will be done through this CodePlex site starting in November 2008, and we welcome your input as well as your parser bug reports.

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Introduction
This project will contain the latest updates for Network Monitor parsers. All parser development will be done through this Codeplex site starting in November 2008 and we welcome your input as well as your parser bug reports.

While parsers for many protocols have always shipped with Network Monitor, we have now decided to ship parsers for the protocols described in the Windows Open Protocol Specifications and to move parser development into the CodePlex open source environment. This is a big step for us, so please be patient as we get settled in.

With the launch of this portal, we have also released an updated set of parsers for Network Monitor 3.2. Over the course of the next month, we’ll be moving to develop completely within CodePlex so parser developers, enthusiasts, and the like can have access to the latest parser changes immediately. In the meantime, we’ll be synching the CodePlex branch with our internal development once a week and dropping a couple of new tested parser installation packages every couple of weeks.

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Just looking at the amount of NetMon parsing code now in the CodePlex project is making my eyes bleed… Man I love open source (or Source Available or what ever ;)

To give you a feel for what the NetMon Team is releasing check out these two snaps of the source code trees. Each listed item is a parser (i.e. protocol)

Change Set 16184 / NPL / common