[Lightning-dev] Wireshark plug-in for Lightning Network(BOLT) protocol

Fabrice Drouin fabrice.drouin at acinq.fr
Mon Oct 29 18:49:33 UTC 2018


Nice work, thank you!

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 17:37, <tomokio203 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello lightning network developers.
> Nayuta team is developing Wireshark plug-in for Lightning Network(BOLT) protocol.
> https://github.com/nayutaco/lightning-dissector
>
> It’s alpha version, but it can decode some BOLT message.
> Currently, this software works for Nayuta’s implementation(ptarmigan) and Éclair.
> When ptarmigan is compiled with some option, it write out key information file. This Wireshark plug-in decode packet using that file.
> When you use Éclair, this software parse log file.
>
> Through our development experience, interoperability test is time consuming task.
> If people can see communication log of BOLT message on same format (.pcap), it will be useful for interoperability test.
>
> Our proposal:
> Every implementation has compile option which enable output key information file.
>
> We are glad if this project is useful for lightning network eco-system.
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