Re: low level networking in python

On Apr 3, 10:29 am, "Maxim Veksler" <hq4e...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,

I wish to do some low level network stuff using python.

I've googled somewhat and came up with pylibpcap[1], trouble is I
can't compile it on my Ubuntu 6.10 workstation. Can someone please
suggest a way to read some bits from random ports? I'm looking to
write a simple pen-testing tool that would try from one side
connecting to ports and from the other side sniff traffic to see on
what ports traffic is coming.

For pylibpcap I'm getting:

"""
hq4ever@lucky:~/development/personal/pylibpcap/pylibpcap-0.5.1$ python
setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building '_pcapmodule' extension
swig -python -shadow -ISWIG -o pcap.c pcap.i
pcap.i:72: Warning(124): Specifying the language name in %typemap is
deprecated - use #ifdef SWIG<LANG> instead.
pcap.i:77: Warning(124): Specifying the language name in %typemap is
deprecated - use #ifdef SWIG<LANG> instead.
pcap.i:82: Warning(124): Specifying the language name in %typemap is
deprecated - use #ifdef SWIG<LANG> instead.
/usr/bin/python ./build-tools/docify.py pcap.c
/usr/bin/python ./build-tools/docify-shadow.py pcap.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./build-tools/docify-shadow.py", line 30, in ?
raise 'source file doesn\'t look like swigged shadow class code'
source file doesn't look like swigged shadow class code
error: command '/usr/bin/python' failed with exit status 1
"""

[1]http://pylibpcap.sourceforge.net/
[2]http://py.vaults.ca/apyllo.py/126307487

--
Cheers,
Maxim Veksler

"Free as in Freedom" - Do u GNU ?

I would assume you could use the socket module. This post details
someone else who opened ports with Python:

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread44280.html

Here's another resource using some python servers:

http://docs.python.org/lib/socket-example.html

Finally, a Socket programming howto:
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/

I'm also told that the Twisted framework is excellent for this sort of
thing.

Mike

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