A PVM Analyzer for Wireshark

C. Di Biagio, G. Pennella, A. Colicchia, F. Matturro, and M. Pizzonia (Italy)

Keywords

PVM, Wireshark, network analyzer, sniffer.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to describe a new Wireshark (For merly known as Ethereal) plug-in able to analyse the PVM communication protocol. This plug-in has been developed in the context of the Italian branch of a multinational or ganization, which works in the domain of safety critical computing. PVM, which is the acronym for Parallel Vir tual Machine, is a message passing middleware designed to manage distributed applications. The aim of a PVM ana lyzer lies in the capability, for both system engineering and software developer, to monitor message exchange during a working session or a validation phase. This new plug-in al lows the user to correlate different communication streams and elaborate useful statistics to achieve a deep knowledge of the application context.

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