pcap.h File Reference

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Unix-compatible Functions
These functions are part of the libpcap library, and therefore work both on Windows and on Linux. Note: errbuf in pcap_open_live(), pcap_open_dead(), pcap_open_offline(), pcap_setnonblock(), pcap_getnonblock(), pcap_findalldevs(), pcap_lookupdev(), and pcap_lookupnet() is assumed to be able to hold at least PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE chars.
typedef void(*	pcap_handler )(u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *pkt_header, const u_char *pkt_data)
	Prototype of the callback function that receives the packets.
pcap_t *	pcap_open_live (const char *device, int snaplen, int promisc, int to_ms, char *ebuf)
	Open a live capture from the network.
pcap_t *	pcap_open_dead (int linktype, int snaplen)
	Create a pcap_t structure without starting a capture.
pcap_t *	pcap_open_offline (const char *fname, char *errbuf)
	Open a savefile in the tcpdump/libpcap format to read packets.
pcap_dumper_t *	pcap_dump_open (pcap_t *p, const char *fname)
	Open a file to write packets.
int	pcap_setnonblock (pcap_t *p, int nonblock, char *errbuf)
	Switch between blocking and nonblocking mode.
int	pcap_getnonblock (pcap_t *p, char *errbuf)
	Get the "non-blocking" state of an interface.
int	pcap_findalldevs (pcap_if_t **alldevsp, char *errbuf)
	Construct a list of network devices that can be opened with pcap_open_live().
void	pcap_freealldevs (pcap_if_t *alldevsp)
	Free an interface list returned by pcap_findalldevs().
char *	pcap_lookupdev (char *errbuf)
	Return the first valid device in the system.
int	pcap_lookupnet (const char *device, bpf_u_int32 *netp, bpf_u_int32 *maskp, char *errbuf)
	Return the subnet and netmask of an interface.
int	pcap_dispatch (pcap_t *p, int cnt, pcap_handler callback, u_char *user)
	Collect a group of packets.
int	pcap_loop (pcap_t *p, int cnt, pcap_handler callback, u_char *user)
	Collect a group of packets.
u_char *	pcap_next (pcap_t *p, struct pcap_pkthdr *h)
	Return the next available packet.
int	pcap_next_ex (pcap_t *p, struct pcap_pkthdr **pkt_header, const u_char **pkt_data)
	Read a packet from an interface or from an offline capture.
void	pcap_breakloop (pcap_t *)
	set a flag that will force pcap_dispatch() or pcap_loop() to return rather than looping.
int	pcap_sendpacket (pcap_t *p, u_char *buf, int size)
	Send a raw packet.
void	pcap_dump (u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *h, const u_char *sp)
	Save a packet to disk.
long	pcap_dump_ftell (pcap_dumper_t *)
	Return the file position for a "savefile".
int	pcap_compile (pcap_t *p, struct bpf_program *fp, char *str, int optimize, bpf_u_int32 netmask)
	Compile a packet filter, converting an high level filtering expression (see Filtering expression syntax) in a program that can be interpreted by the kernel-level filtering engine.
int	pcap_compile_nopcap (int snaplen_arg, int linktype_arg, struct bpf_program *program, char *buf, int optimize, bpf_u_int32 mask)
	Compile a packet filter without the need of opening an adapter. This function converts an high level filtering expression (see Filtering expression syntax) in a program that can be interpreted by the kernel-level filtering engine.
int	pcap_setfilter (pcap_t *p, struct bpf_program *fp)
	Associate a filter to a capture.
void	pcap_freecode (struct bpf_program *fp)
	Free a filter.
int	pcap_datalink (pcap_t *p)
	Return the link layer of an adapter.
int	pcap_list_datalinks (pcap_t *p, int **dlt_buf)
	list datalinks
int	pcap_set_datalink (pcap_t *p, int dlt)
	Set the current data link type of the pcap descriptor to the type specified by dlt. -1 is returned on failure.
int	pcap_datalink_name_to_val (const char *name)
	Translates a data link type name, which is a DLT_ name with the DLT_ removed, to the corresponding data link type value. The translation is case-insensitive. -1 is returned on failure.
const char *	pcap_datalink_val_to_name (int dlt)
	Translates a data link type value to the corresponding data link type name. NULL is returned on failure.
const char *	pcap_datalink_val_to_description (int dlt)
	Translates a data link type value to a short description of that data link type. NULL is returned on failure.
int	pcap_snapshot (pcap_t *p)
	Return the dimension of the packet portion (in bytes) that is delivered to the application.
int	pcap_is_swapped (pcap_t *p)
	returns true if the current savefile uses a different byte order than the current system.
int	pcap_major_version (pcap_t *p)
	return the major version number of the pcap library used to write the savefile.
int	pcap_minor_version (pcap_t *p)
	return the minor version number of the pcap library used to write the savefile.
FILE *	pcap_file (pcap_t *p)
	Return the standard stream of an offline capture.
int	pcap_stats (pcap_t *p, struct pcap_stat *ps)
	Return statistics on current capture.
void	pcap_perror (pcap_t *p, char *prefix)
	print the text of the last pcap library error on stderr, prefixed by prefix.
char *	pcap_geterr (pcap_t *p)
	return the error text pertaining to the last pcap library error.
char *	pcap_strerror (int error)
	Provided in case strerror() isn't available.
const char *	pcap_lib_version (void)
	Returns a pointer to a string giving information about the version of the libpcap library being used; note that it contains more information than just a version number.
void	pcap_close (pcap_t *p)
	close the files associated with p and deallocates resources.
FILE *	pcap_dump_file (pcap_dumper_t *p)
	return the standard I/O stream of the 'savefile' opened by pcap_dump_open().
int	pcap_dump_flush (pcap_dumper_t *p)
	Flushes the output buffer to the ``savefile,'' so that any packets written with pcap_dump() but not yet written to the ``savefile'' will be written. -1 is returned on error, 0 on success.
void	pcap_dump_close (pcap_dumper_t *p)
	Closes a savefile.
Functions
Windows-specific Extensions
The functions in this section extend libpcap to offer advanced functionalities (like remote packet capture, packet buffer size variation or high-precision packet injection). Howerver, at the moment they can be used only in Windows.
PAirpcapHandle	pcap_get_airpcap_handle (pcap_t *p)
	Returns the AirPcap handler associated with an adapter. This handler can be used to change the wireless-related settings of the CACE Technologies AirPcap wireless capture adapters.
bool	pcap_offline_filter (struct bpf_program *prog, const struct pcap_pkthdr *header, const u_char *pkt_data)
	Returns if a given filter applies to an offline packet.
int	pcap_live_dump (pcap_t *p, char *filename, int maxsize, int maxpacks)
	Save a capture to file.
int	pcap_live_dump_ended (pcap_t *p, int sync)
	Return the status of the kernel dump process, i.e. tells if one of the limits defined with pcap_live_dump() has been reached.
struct pcap_stat *	pcap_stats_ex (pcap_t *p, int *pcap_stat_size)
	Return statistics on current capture.
int	pcap_setbuff (pcap_t *p, int dim)
	Set the size of the kernel buffer associated with an adapter.
int	pcap_setmode (pcap_t *p, int mode)
	Set the working mode of the interface p to mode.
int	pcap_setmintocopy (pcap_t *p, int size)
	Set the minumum amount of data received by the kernel in a single call.
HANDLE	pcap_getevent (pcap_t *p)
	Return the handle of the event associated with the interface p.
pcap_send_queue *	pcap_sendqueue_alloc (u_int memsize)
	Allocate a send queue.
void	pcap_sendqueue_destroy (pcap_send_queue *queue)
	Destroy a send queue.
int	pcap_sendqueue_queue (pcap_send_queue *queue, const struct pcap_pkthdr *pkt_header, const u_char *pkt_data)
	Add a packet to a send queue.
u_int	pcap_sendqueue_transmit (pcap_t *p, pcap_send_queue *queue, int sync)
	Send a queue of raw packets to the network.
int	pcap_findalldevs_ex (char *source, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, pcap_if_t **alldevs, char *errbuf)
	Create a list of network devices that can be opened with pcap_open().
int	pcap_createsrcstr (char *source, int type, const char *host, const char *port, const char *name, char *errbuf)
	Accept a set of strings (host name, port, ...), and it returns the complete source string according to the new format (e.g. 'rpcap://1.2.3.4/eth0').
int	pcap_parsesrcstr (const char *source, int *type, char *host, char *port, char *name, char *errbuf)
	Parse the source string and returns the pieces in which the source can be split.
pcap_t *	pcap_open (const char *source, int snaplen, int flags, int read_timeout, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, char *errbuf)
	Open a generic source in order to capture / send (WinPcap only) traffic.
struct pcap_samp *	pcap_setsampling (pcap_t *p)
	Define a sampling method for packet capture.
SOCKET	pcap_remoteact_accept (const char *address, const char *port, const char *hostlist, char *connectinghost, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, char *errbuf)
	Block until a network connection is accepted (active mode only).
int	pcap_remoteact_close (const char *host, char *errbuf)
	Drop an active connection (active mode only).
void	pcap_remoteact_cleanup ()
	Clean the socket that is currently used in waiting active connections.
int	pcap_remoteact_list (char *hostlist, char sep, int size, char *errbuf)
	Return the hostname of the host that have an active connection with us (active mode only).