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Written by Fred Hirsch
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
Over the past year or two, I have been writing a robust packet sniffer to monitor MSN chat conversations which occur on through a LAN gateway. This code was forked from the AIMSniff code, but has been rebuilt in many ways to support MSN protocols specifically. AIMSniff has several limitations in its MSN traffic monitoring that prevent proper handling of MSN data. My current roadmap for this application is as follows: 0.1alpha - Due Oct 31st, 2006 Main focus: Convert AIMSniff to handle full MSNP8 specification data. - Design & implement a DB model that can properly represent MSN packet data.
- Remove AIM sniff code logic from the application.
- Rewrite MSN protocol object to handle MSNP8 specification.
- Split the DB object out of the Log object.
0.2beta - Due Nov 30th, 2006 Main focus: Centralize code elements. - Separate distinct elements in MSN object into separate objects.
- Change the DB model to further abstract the layer for other implementation databases.
- Write the PHP frontend for viewing the MSN data.
1.0 - Due Dec 31st, 2006 Main focus: Provide production quality code daemon. - Fully Q/A test application and frontend components.
- Create installation script and common distribution packages.
- Begin fully promoting the code.
2.0 - Due Jun 30, 2006 Main focus: Rewrite protocol sniffer in C++, possible commercial release version. As my professional work is beginning to focus on C++, I am hoping to convert the program to this high level language. Since this will require considerably more effort to develop, I am considering releasing this high-end version only as a commercial release, allowing the original code to be released open source.
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