First, I'm a beginner in python. I developed a simple raw packet sniffer utilizing the PF_PACKET
interface that operates at layer 2.
The sniffer simply figures out the following... - Ethernet Header (Source - Destination - Protocol) - IP Header (Source IP - Destination IP) - TCP Header(Source Port - Destination Port)
Here's the code I've written so far...
#!/usr/bin/env python
import struct
import socket
import binascii
rawSocket=socket.socket(socket.PF_PACKET,socket.SOCK_RAW,socket.htons(0x0800))
#ifconfig eth0 promisc up
receivedPacket=rawSocket.recv(2048)
#Ethernet Header...
ethernetHeader=receivedPacket[0][0:14]
ethrheader=struct.unpack("!6s6s2s",ethernetHeader)
destinationIP= binascii.hexlify(ethrheader[0])
sourceIP= binascii.hexlify(ethrheader[1])
protocol= binascii.hexlify(ethrheader[2])
print "Destinatiom: " + destinationIP
print "Souce: " + sourceIP
print "Protocol: "+ protocol
#IP Header...
ipHeader=receivedPacket[0][14:34]
ipHdr=struct.unpack("!12s4s4s",ipHeader)
destinationIP=socket.inet_ntoa(ipHdr[2])
print "Source IP: " +sourceIP
print "Destination IP: "+destinationIP
#TCP Header...
tcpHeader=receivedPacket[0][34:54]
tcpHdr=struct.unpack("!2s2s16s",tcpHeader)
sourcePort=socket.inet_ntoa(tcpHdr[0])
destinationPort=socket.inet_ntoa(tcpHdr[1])
print "Source Port: " + sourcePort
print "Destination Port: " + destinationPort
I seem to encounter a problem in the ethernet header part and the unpack method that I can't figure out. Thanks in advance :)