diff --git a/src/app-layer-dcerpc-udp.c b/src/app-layer-dcerpc-udp.c
index 46d67bafd0..df6db890d0 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dcerpc-udp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dcerpc-udp.c
@@ -706,6 +706,10 @@ static void DCERPCUDPStateFree(void *s) {
 }
 
 void RegisterDCERPCUDPParsers(void) {
+    /** DCERPC */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, "|04 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, "|04 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
 	AppLayerRegisterProto("dcerpcudp", ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, STREAM_TOSERVER,
 			DCERPCUDPParse);
 	AppLayerRegisterProto("dcerpcudp", ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, STREAM_TOCLIENT,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-dcerpc.c b/src/app-layer-dcerpc.c
index ec5493b606..45f33a5e21 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dcerpc.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dcerpc.c
@@ -1729,6 +1729,10 @@ void DCERPCUpdateTransactionId(void *state, uint16_t *id) {
 }
 
 void RegisterDCERPCParsers(void) {
+    /** DCERPC */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DCERPC, "|05 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DCERPC, "|05 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
     AppLayerRegisterProto("dcerpc", ALPROTO_DCERPC, STREAM_TOSERVER,
             DCERPCParse);
     AppLayerRegisterProto("dcerpc", ALPROTO_DCERPC, STREAM_TOCLIENT,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
index 2558c5daee..bae74b6ee6 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.c
@@ -337,97 +337,10 @@ void AlpProtoFinalizeGlobal(AlpProtoDetectCtx *ctx) {
 
 void AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit(void) {
     AlpProtoInit(&alp_proto_ctx);
-
-    /** \todo register these in the protocol parser api */
-
-    /** HTTP */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "GET|20|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "GET|09|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "PUT|20|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "PUT|09|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "POST|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "POST|09|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HEAD|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HEAD|09|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "TRACE|20|", 6, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "TRACE|09|", 6, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "OPTIONS|20|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "OPTIONS|09|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "CONNECT|20|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "CONNECT|09|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HTTP/", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-
-    /** SSH */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** SSLv2  and SSLv23*/
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 00 02|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    /* subsection - SSLv2 style record by client, but informing the server the max
-     * version it supports */
-    /* Updated by Anoop Saldanha.  Disabled it for now.  We'll get back to it
-     * after some tests */
-    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 00|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|00 02|", 7, 5, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-
-    /** SSLv3 */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
-    /** TLSv1 */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
-    /** TLSv1.1 */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
-    /** TLSv1.2 */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
-
-    /** IMAP */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_IMAP, "|2A 20|OK|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_IMAP, "1|20|capability", 12, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** SMTP */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "EHLO ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "HELO ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "ESMTP ", 64, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "SMTP ", 64, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** FTP */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "USER ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "PASS ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "PORT ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "AUTH SSL", 8, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-
-    /** MSN Messenger */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_MSN, "MSNP", 10, 6, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_MSN, "MSNP", 10, 6, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** Jabber */
-    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_JABBER, "xmlns='jabber|3A|client'", 74, 53, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_JABBER, "xmlns='jabber|3A|client'", 74, 53, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** SMB */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB, "|ff|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB, "|ff|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** SMB2 */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB2, "|fe|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB2, "|fe|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** DCERPC */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, "|04 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_UDP, ALPROTO_DCERPC_UDP, "|04 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
-    /** DCERPC */
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DCERPC, "|05 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
-    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_DCERPC, "|05 00|", 2, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
-
+    RegisterAppLayerParsers();
     AlpProtoFinalizeGlobal(&alp_proto_ctx);
+
+    return;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
index 6f51044c76..aaefb39547 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-detect-proto.h
@@ -76,11 +76,14 @@ typedef struct AlpProtoDetectCtx_ {
     uint16_t sigs;              /**< number of sigs */
 } AlpProtoDetectCtx;
 
+extern AlpProtoDetectCtx alp_proto_ctx;
+
 void *AppLayerDetectProtoThread(void *td);
 
 void AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit(void);
 
 uint16_t AppLayerDetectGetProto(AlpProtoDetectCtx *, AlpProtoDetectThreadCtx *, uint8_t *, uint16_t, uint8_t, uint8_t);
+void AlpProtoAdd(AlpProtoDetectCtx *, uint16_t, uint16_t, char *, uint16_t, uint16_t, uint8_t);
 
 void AppLayerDetectProtoThreadSpawn(void);
 void AlpDetectRegisterTests(void);
diff --git a/src/app-layer-ftp.c b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
index 968fe980d6..421c3a5f3a 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ftp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ftp.c
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ static void FTPStateFree(void *s) {
 
 
 void RegisterFTPParsers(void) {
+    /** FTP */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "USER ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "PASS ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "PORT ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_FTP, "AUTH SSL", 8, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+
     AppLayerRegisterProto("ftp", ALPROTO_FTP, STREAM_TOSERVER,
                           FTPParseRequest);
     AppLayerRegisterProto("ftp", ALPROTO_FTP, STREAM_TOCLIENT,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index 8cb0556a1d..1caf52abe5 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,24 @@ void AppLayerHtpPrintStats(void) {
 void RegisterHTPParsers(void)
 {
     SCEnter();
+
+    /** HTTP */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "GET|20|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "GET|09|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "PUT|20|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "PUT|09|", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "POST|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "POST|09|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HEAD|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HEAD|09|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "TRACE|20|", 6, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "TRACE|09|", 6, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "OPTIONS|20|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "OPTIONS|09|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "CONNECT|20|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "CONNECT|09|", 8, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_HTTP, "HTTP/", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+
     AppLayerRegisterStateFuncs(ALPROTO_HTTP, HTPStateAlloc, HTPStateFree);
 
     AppLayerRegisterProto("http", ALPROTO_HTTP, STREAM_TOSERVER,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 1440bee37d..b254a5c87c 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
 
 #include "app-layer-protos.h"
 #include "app-layer-parser.h"
+#include "app-layer-smb.h"
+#include "app-layer-dcerpc.h"
+#include "app-layer-dcerpc-udp.h"
+#include "app-layer-htp.h"
+#include "app-layer-ftp.h"
+#include "app-layer-ssl.h"
+#include "app-layer-ssh.h"
 
 #include "util-spm.h"
 
@@ -1162,6 +1169,34 @@ void RegisterAppLayerParsers(void)
     /** setup result pool
      * \todo Per thread pool */
     al_result_pool = PoolInit(1000,250,AlpResultElmtPoolAlloc,NULL,AlpResultElmtPoolFree);
+
+    RegisterHTPParsers();
+    RegisterSSLParsers();
+    RegisterSMBParsers();
+    RegisterDCERPCParsers();
+    RegisterDCERPCUDPParsers();
+    RegisterFTPParsers();
+    RegisterSSHParsers();
+
+    /** IMAP */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_IMAP, "|2A 20|OK|20|", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_IMAP, "1|20|capability", 12, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
+    /** SMTP */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "EHLO ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "HELO ", 5, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "ESMTP ", 64, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMTP, "SMTP ", 64, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
+    /** MSN Messenger */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_MSN, "MSNP", 10, 6, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_MSN, "MSNP", 10, 6, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
+    /** Jabber */
+    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_JABBER, "xmlns='jabber|3A|client'", 74, 53, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_JABBER, "xmlns='jabber|3A|client'", 74, 53, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
+    return;
 }
 
 void AppLayerParserCleanupState(Flow *f)
diff --git a/src/app-layer-smb.c b/src/app-layer-smb.c
index 7c3378b70e..1ffdd351a1 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-smb.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-smb.c
@@ -1258,6 +1258,14 @@ void SMBUpdateTransactionId(void *state, uint16_t *id) {
 }
 
 void RegisterSMBParsers(void) {
+    /** SMB */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB, "|ff|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB, "|ff|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
+    /** SMB2 */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB2, "|fe|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SMB2, "|fe|SMB", 8, 4, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
     AppLayerRegisterProto("smb", ALPROTO_SMB, STREAM_TOSERVER, SMBParse);
     AppLayerRegisterProto("smb", ALPROTO_SMB, STREAM_TOCLIENT, SMBParse);
     AppLayerRegisterStateFuncs(ALPROTO_SMB, SMBStateAlloc, SMBStateFree);
diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssh.c b/src/app-layer-ssh.c
index efb0e2bfd9..555cfa1d6d 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssh.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssh.c
@@ -746,6 +746,10 @@ static void SSHStateFree(void *state)
  */
 void RegisterSSHParsers(void)
 {
+    /** SSH */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_SSH, "SSH-", 4, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+
     AppLayerRegisterProto("ssh", ALPROTO_SSH, STREAM_TOCLIENT,
                           SSHParseServerRecord);
     AppLayerRegisterProto("ssh", ALPROTO_SSH, STREAM_TOSERVER,
diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssl.c b/src/app-layer-ssl.c
index 5d44621b9a..abd38da771 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssl.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssl.c
@@ -855,6 +855,32 @@ void SSLStateFree(void *p)
  */
 void RegisterSSLParsers(void)
 {
+    /** SSLv2  and SSLv23*/
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 00 02|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    /* subsection - SSLv2 style record by client, but informing the server the max
+     * version it supports */
+    /* Updated by Anoop Saldanha.  Disabled it for now.  We'll get back to it
+     * after some tests */
+    //AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 00|", 5, 2, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|00 02|", 7, 5, STREAM_TOCLIENT);
+
+    /** SSLv3 */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 00|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
+    /** TLSv1 */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 01|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
+    /** TLSv1.1 */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 02|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
+    /** TLSv1.2 */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|01 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER);
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOSERVER); /* client hello */
+    AlpProtoAdd(&alp_proto_ctx, IPPROTO_TCP, ALPROTO_TLS, "|16 03 03|", 3, 0, STREAM_TOCLIENT); /* server hello */
+
     AppLayerRegisterProto("tls", ALPROTO_TLS, STREAM_TOSERVER,
                           SSLParseClientRecord);
 
@@ -2583,7 +2609,7 @@ static int SSLParserTest22(void)
         0x2f, 0x34, 0x84, 0x20, 0xc5};
     uint32_t buf_len = sizeof(buf);
     TcpSession ssn;
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof(ssn));
@@ -2882,7 +2908,7 @@ static int SSLParserTest23(void)
     uint32_t toserver_app_data_buf_len = sizeof(toserver_app_data_buf);
 
     TcpSession ssn;
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof(f));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof(ssn));
diff --git a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
index ccce321961..8af1999d52 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
@@ -6072,7 +6072,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest38 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "POST / HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: Victor/1.0\r\n\r\n";
     uint32_t httplen1 = sizeof(httpbuf1) - 1; /* minus the \0 */
@@ -6235,7 +6235,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest39 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOSERVER, 7);
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT, 7);
 
@@ -6464,7 +6464,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest40 (void) {
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOSERVER, 130);
 
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "P";
     uint32_t httplen1 = sizeof(httpbuf1) - 1; /* minus the \0 */
@@ -6722,7 +6722,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest41 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: Victor/1.0"
                          "W2dyb3VwMV0NCnBob25lMT1wMDB3ODgyMTMxMzAyMTINCmxvZ2lu"
@@ -6931,7 +6931,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest42 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "POST / HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: Victor/1.0\r\n\r\n";
     uint32_t httplen1 = sizeof(httpbuf1) - 1; /* minus the \0 */
@@ -7105,7 +7105,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest43 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "/ HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: Victor/1.0";
 
@@ -7645,7 +7645,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest47 (void) {
     FLOW_INITIALIZE(&f);
     StreamTcpInitConfig(TRUE);
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx = StreamTcpReassembleInitThreadCtx();
-    AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
+    //AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
 
     uint8_t httpbuf1[] = "GET /EVILSUFF HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n";
     uint32_t httplen1 = sizeof(httpbuf1) - 1; /* minus the \0 */
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
index 209f3045bf..c273cc600c 100644
--- a/src/suricata.c
+++ b/src/suricata.c
@@ -1073,14 +1073,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /** \todo we need an api for these */
     AppLayerDetectProtoThreadInit();
-    RegisterAppLayerParsers();
-    RegisterHTPParsers();
-    RegisterSSLParsers();
-    RegisterSMBParsers();
-    RegisterDCERPCParsers();
-    RegisterDCERPCUDPParsers();
-    RegisterFTPParsers();
-    RegisterSSHParsers();
     AppLayerParsersInitPostProcess();
 
 #ifdef UNITTESTS