[Ethereal-dev] Dissection of ISO8583 protocol packets

["Carsten Ruf" <carsten.ruf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello devs,

I'd like to know if there are any plans for developing a dissector for
ISO-8583 packets?
We have discussions about implementing such a dissector, but we want to
avoid wasting our time because someone is doing the same thing just in
this moment.


About the ISO-8583 :
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ISO 8583-1:2003 specifies a common interface by which financial
transaction card originated messages may be interchanged between
acquirers and card issuers.
It specifies message structure, format and content, data elements and
values for data elements. 
This International Standard uses a concept called bit map, whereby each
data element is assigned a position indicator in a control field, or bit
map. The presence of a data element in a specific message is indicated
by a one in the assigned position; the absence of a data element is
indicated by a zero in the assigned position. This control field is
called the primary bit map.

So guys, is there anyone out there which is dealing with this topic?
Thanks in advance!

kind regards
Carsten Ruf 

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