related to libpcap

[begroup]

hello,
we need to modify the existing libpcap library to include nanosecond resolution.
We know what are the changes to be done. We just need to know how to integrate these changes in existing libpcap? how should we proceed?


---Eagerly waiting for reply.

[Rubberman]

I assume you want to contribute these changes back into the mainline library code? You will need to contact the library maintainers. Here is the web site for that: TCPDUMP/LIBPCAP public repository

[begroup]

Thanks for you reply.
We browsed through the source code of libpcap and found some API's for sending packets over the network(eg: pcap_inject(), pcap_sendpacket() ...) .We tried using them but the code is not working. Could you please suggest some other API's or libraries to generate raw packets to be sent onto the network?

We also tried using raw socket API's to send and receive raw sockets but were not
successful.


Eagerly waiting for the reply.....

[Rubberman]

Thanks for you reply.
We browsed through the source code of libpcap and found some API's for sending packets over the network(eg: pcap_inject(), pcap_sendpacket() ...) .We tried using them but the code is not working. Could you please suggest some other API's or libraries to generate raw packets to be sent onto the network?

We also tried using raw socket API's to send and receive raw sockets but were not
successful.


Eagerly waiting for the reply.....

Given your results, I have to think that you are doing something wrong. The libpcap is a widely used library. While like all software, it may have some issues, the fact that nothing seems to be working for you at all is indicative of a problem at your end. Please provide the code that you are using so we can see what may be the problem. Also, provide full system specs, such as operating system distribution+version, libpcap version, etc.

[begroup]

We are using libpcap v1.1.1, ubuntu 10.04 with the kernel 2.6.29.We are using Realtek NIC 8139 here is the code using libpcap which is not working. It is giving error in inject function..


#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<pcap.h>
#include<netinet/in.h>
#include<arpa/inet.h>
#include<netinet/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<sys/types.h>


int main()
{
char *dev;
char erbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
pcap_t *descr;
const u_char * packet;
struct pcap_pkthdr hdr;
struct ether_header * eptr;
char *buffer=(char*)malloc(ETH_FRAME_LEN);
unsigned char *etherhead=buffer;
struct ethhdr *eh=(struct ethhdr*)etherhead;
unsigned char *data=buffer+14;
unsigned char src_mac[6]={//Source MAC address};
unsigned char dest_mac[6]={//Destination MAC address};

//Constructing ethernet frame
memcpy(buffer,dest_mac,ETH_ALEN);
memcpy((buffer+ETH_ALEN),src_mac,ETH_ALEN);
eh->h_proto=0x00;

//strcpy(data,"HELLO"); data in ethernet frame

dev=pcap_lookupdev(erbuf);
if(dev==NULL)
{
printf("\n%s\n\n",erbuf);
exit(1);
}
else
printf("\n\n%s",dev);

descr=pcap_open_live(dev,BUFSIZ,0,-1,erbuf);

if(descr==NULL)
{
printf("\nCannot open:%s",erbuf);
exit(1);
}

int s=sizeof(buffer);
printf("\nS:%lu\n",s);
printf("\nBuffer:%.2x\n",*buffer);
for(j=0;j<14;j++)
{
printf("%.2x ",buffer[j]);

}
int i=pcap_sendpacket(descr,buffer,s);
if(i==-1)
{
printf("\nError in inject function!!!\n");
printf("\nerror: %s",*(descr).errbuf);
exit(1);
}
return 0;
}
eagerly waiting for your reply.....

[pral]

I am stuck at a similar problem. I am able to send a packet using pcap_inject(), but I am not getting any reply back from the server(say google.com). In my case, the packet is not a dummy packet, but a real one.
Has anyone successfully used pcap_inject to send packets on the network and got the response back from the respective server??