While the Ostinato traffic generator can import, edit and replay packets from PCAP files, most users prefer to craft packets from scratch using the Ostinato GUI which has support for common protocols out of the box. To add more protocols quickly and easily, Ostinato has a Protocol Builder framework using which new protocols can be added.

In this talk, Ostinato creator Srivats P shows you how to add a new protocol using this framework.