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pypcapfile

pypcapfile is a pure Python library for handling libpcap savefiles.

Installing

The easiest way to install is from
sudo pip install pypcapfile
Note that for pip, the package name is pypcapfile; in your code you will need to
import pcapfile.
Alternatively, you can install from source. Clone the repository, and run setup.py with
an install argument:
git clone git://github.com/kisom/pypcapfile.git
cd pypcapfile
./setup.py install
This does require the Python distutils to be
installed.

Introduction

The core functionality is implemented in pcapfile.savefile:

>>> from pcapfile import savefile
>>> testcap = open('test.pcap', 'rb')
>>> capfile = savefile.load_savefile(testcap, verbose=True)
[+] attempting to load test.pcap
[+] found valid header
[+] loaded 11 packets
[+] finished loading savefile.
>>> print(capfile)
little-endian capture file version 2.4
microsecond time resolution
snapshot length: 65535
linklayer type: LINKTYPE_ETHERNET
number of packets: 11

You can take a look at the packets in capfile.packets:

>>> pkt = capfile.packets[0]
>>> pkt.raw()
<binary data snipped>
>>> pkt.timestamp
1343676707L
Right now there is very basic support for Ethernet and Wi-Fi frames and IPv4 packet
parsing.

Automatically decoding layers

The layers argument to load_savefile determines how many layers to
decode; the default value of 0 does no decoding, 1 will load only the link
layer, etc... For example, with no decoding:
>>> from pcapfile import savefile
>>> from pcapfile.protocols.linklayer import ethernet
>>> from pcapfile.protocols.linklayer import wifi
>>> from pcapfile.protocols.network import ip
>>> testcap = open('samples/test.pcap', 'rb')
>>> capfile = savefile.load_savefile(testcap, verbose=True)
[+] attempting to load samples/test.pcap
[+] found valid header
[+] loaded 3 packets
[+] finished loading savefile.
>>> eth_frame = ethernet.Ethernet(capfile.packets[0].raw())
>>> wifi_frame = wifi.WIFI(capfile.packets[1].raw())
>>> print(eth_frame)
ethernet from 00:11:22:33:44:55 to ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa type IPv4
>>> print(wifi_frame)
QoS data (sa: None, ta: 00:11:22:33:44:55, ra: ff:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa, da: None)
>>> ip_packet = ip.IP(eth_frame.payload)
>>> print(ip_packet)
ipv4 packet from 192.168.2.47 to 173.194.37.82 carrying 44 bytes
>>> ip_packet = ip.IP(wifi_frame.payload[0]['payload']) #if wifi_frame.category == 2 and wifi_frame.subtype == 8
>>> print(ip_packet)
ipv4 packet from 192.168.2.175 to 239.255.255.250 carrying 336 bytes

and this example:

>>> from pcapfile import savefile
>>> testcap = open('samples/test.pcap', 'rb')
>>> capfile = savefile.load_savefile(testcap, layers=1, verbose=True)
[+] attempting to load samples/test.pcap
[+] found valid header
[+] loaded 3 packets
[+] finished loading savefile.
>>> print(capfile.packets[0].packet.src)
00:11:22:33:44:55
>>> print(capfile.packets[0].packet.payload)
<hex string snipped>

and this example to pull the raw payload from every packet in a pcap file:

>>> from pcapfile import savefile
>>> import binascii

>>> capfile = savefile.load_savefile(testcap)
>>> file_length = capfile.__length__()
>>> for packet in range(0, file_length):
>>>     pkt = capfile.packets[packet]
>>>     data = binascii.b2a_qp(pkt.raw())  # Do something here

and lastly:

>>> from pcapfile import savefile
>>> testcap = open('samples/test.pcap', 'rb')
>>> capfile = savefile.load_savefile(testcap, layers=2, verbose=True)
>>> print(capfile.packets[0].packet.payload)
ipv4 packet from 192.168.2.47 to 173.194.37.82 carrying 44 bytes
The IPv4 module (ip) currently only supports basic IP headers, i.e. it
doesn't yet parse options or add in padding.

The interface is still a bit messy.

Run Unit Tests

  • cd /path/pypcapfile
  • cp pcapfile/test/__main__.py .
  • python __main__.py

Future planned improvements

  • IP options parsing (END and NOP is supported)
  • IPv6 support
  • TCP options parsing
  • ARP support

TODO

  1. write unit tests
  2. add __repr__ method that shows all of the values of the fields in IP packets and Ethernet frames.

See also

Contributors

A list of the project's contributors may be found in the AUTHORS file.