Newbie libpcap question
From: Asra (asra_baig_at_rocketmail.com)
Date: 08/15/03
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Date: 14 Aug 2003 22:07:52 -0700
Hi,
I am using libpcap on Linux. The program is as listed in the tutorial
at:
http://www.cet.nau.edu/~mc8/Socket/Tutorials/section2.html
When I run a.out, it only prints our the first line of the expected
output, i.e. DEV: eth0
I tried pinging to www.google.com, changed the prmisc parameter from 0
to 1 but nothing seems to be working. Can somebody help?
For your convenience the code and expected output are copied below:
***************************************************
* file: testpcap1.c
* Date: Thu Mar 08 17:14:36 MST 2001
* Author: Martin Casado
* Location: LAX Airport (hehe)
*
* Simple single packet capture program
*****************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pcap.h> /* if this gives you an error try pcap/pcap.h */
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/if_ether.h> /* includes net/ethernet.h */
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
char *dev;
char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
pcap_t* descr;
const u_char *packet;
struct pcap_pkthdr hdr; /* pcap.h */
struct ether_header *eptr; /* net/ethernet.h */
u_char *ptr; /* printing out hardware header info */
/* grab a device to peak into... */
dev = pcap_lookupdev(errbuf);
if(dev == NULL)
{
printf("%s\n",errbuf);
exit(1);
}
printf("DEV: %s\n",dev);
/* open the device for sniffing.
pcap_t *pcap_open_live(char *device,int snaplen, int prmisc,int
to_ms,
char *ebuf)
snaplen - maximum size of packets to capture in bytes
promisc - set card in promiscuous mode?
to_ms - time to wait for packets in miliseconds before read
times out
errbuf - if something happens, place error string here
Note if you change "prmisc" param to anything other than zero,
you will
get all packets your device sees, whether they are intendeed
for you or
not!! Be sure you know the rules of the network you are running
on
before you set your card in promiscuous mode!! */
descr = pcap_open_live(dev,BUFSIZ,0,-1,errbuf);
if(descr == NULL)
{
printf("pcap_open_live(): %s\n",errbuf);
exit(1);
}
/*
grab a packet from descr (yay!)
u_char *pcap_next(pcap_t *p,struct pcap_pkthdr *h)
so just pass in the descriptor we got from
our call to pcap_open_live and an allocated
struct pcap_pkthdr */
packet = pcap_next(descr,&hdr);
if(packet == NULL)
{/* dinna work *sob* */
printf("Didn't grab packet\n");
exit(1);
}
/* struct pcap_pkthdr {
struct timeval ts; time stamp
bpf_u_int32 caplen; length of portion present
bpf_u_int32; lebgth this packet (off wire)
}
*/
printf("Grabbed packet of length %d\n",hdr.len);
printf("Recieved at ..... %s\n",ctime((const
time_t*)&hdr.ts.tv_sec));
printf("Ethernet address length is %d\n",ETHER_HDR_LEN);
/* lets start with the ether header... */
eptr = (struct ether_header *) packet;
/* Do a couple of checks to see what packet type we have..*/
if (ntohs (eptr->ether_type) == ETHERTYPE_IP)
{
printf("Ethernet type hex:%x dec:%d is an IP packet\n",
ntohs(eptr->ether_type),
ntohs(eptr->ether_type));
}else if (ntohs (eptr->ether_type) == ETHERTYPE_ARP)
{
printf("Ethernet type hex:%x dec:%d is an ARP packet\n",
ntohs(eptr->ether_type),
ntohs(eptr->ether_type));
}else {
printf("Ethernet type %x not IP", ntohs(eptr->ether_type));
exit(1);
}
/* THANK YOU RICHARD STEVENS!!! RIP*/
ptr = eptr->ether_dhost;
i = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
printf(" Destination Address: ");
do{
printf("%s%x",(i == ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? " " : ":",*ptr++);
}while(--i>0);
printf("\n");
ptr = eptr->ether_shost;
i = ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
printf(" Source Address: ");
do{
printf("%s%x",(i == ETHER_ADDR_LEN) ? " " : ":",*ptr++);
}while(--i>0);
printf("\n");
return 0;
}
Well, that wasn't too bad was it?! Lets give her a test run ..
[root@pepe libpcap]# ./a.out
DEV: eth0
Grabbed packet of length 76
Recieved at time..... Mon Mar 12 22:23:29 2001
Ethernet address length is 14
Ethernet type hex:800 dec:2048 is an IP packet
Destination Address: 0:20:78:d1:e8:1
Source Address: 0:a0:cc:56:c2:91
[root@pepe libpcap]#
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