(apologies if this is a repost, but I think the forum lost my initial post after I signed up) I'm debugging an application which sends websocket JSON packets up to 20MB in size. I'm filtering on Outbound (masked) packetIn the tabs below the dump:
In the Websocket header:
"Javascript Object Notation" can't be expanded. Inbound (unmasked) packetIn contrast, when I view an unmasked (inbound) packet: Tabs:
Websocket header:
"Javascript Object Notation" can be expanded. I'm actually debugging a problem whereby my Java application cannot receive large messages (but is sending them OK), so this doesn't impede my work - but in case it's a bug, I figured I should post here. asked 24 Nov '16, 07:26 markkc |
One Answer:
It's actually not a bug. The Websocket dissector intentionally limits the unmasked data to 256 kbytes:
I suppose it could be made more obvious that this is what has happened--maybe an expert info would be useful here. answered 04 Jan '17, 11:42 JeffMorriss ♦ |