Paltalk
From Wikipedia:
Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. The Paltalk Messenger program is in a free, banner-supported format. It has an ad-free version that requires users to subscribe. Paltalk is only available to users of Microsoft Windows. The program now identifies itself as PaltalkScene, a change that was made in September 2007.
History
Paltalk protocols and official Paltalk applications have been proprietary since their introduction. It seems there exists no open source project which implements it, even partially.
Protocol dependencies
- TCP: Typically, Paltalk uses TCP as its transport protocol for text messaging service. The well known TCP port for Paltalk text messaging traffic is 5001.
Example traffic
XXX - Add example decoded traffic for Paltalk protocol here (as plain text or Wireshark screenshot).
Wireshark
Wireshark includes a preliminary Paltalk dissector since version 1.2.0.
Preference Settings
(XXX add links to preference settings affecting how Paltalk is dissected).
Example capture file
XXX - Add a simple example capture file to the SampleCaptures page and link from here (see below). Keep this file short, it's also a good idea to gzip it to make it even smaller, as Wireshark can open gzipped files automatically.
Display Filter
Show only the Paltalk based traffic:
paltalk Capture Filter
You cannot directly filter Paltalk protocols while capturing. However, if you know the TCP port used (see above), you can filter on that one.
The Wireshark dissector mentioned above automatically filters Paltalk traffic using source and destination IP address.
External links
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http://www.paltalk.com/ Paltalk official site
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk Wikipedia page on Paltalk
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http://paltalk.wikidot.com/ An unofficial effort to document Paltalk protocols
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http://www.locohacker.net/instant-messenger/ There are some discussion about the protocol in locohacker.net forums
Discussion
Imported from https://wiki.wireshark.org/Paltalk on 2020-08-11 23:17:48 UTC