tcpdump_golang

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tcpdump_golang

Prerequisite:

• github.com/google/gopacket

This can be installed by $ go get github.com/google/gopacket

Build:

After installed the required package, run $ go build to generate the binary executable file, administrator's permission is required to do the live packet capture.

Usage:

• -i Specify the network interface name (e.g., enp0s3). If not specified, mydump would automatically select a default interface

• -r Use offline mode (read log from file), cannot work with -i

• -s Specify a string filter ("e.g. -s GET to filter the HTTP GET request"), regex is not supported

If additional argument entered, the additional args would treated as BPF filter, error would be raised if there's any syntax error in the expression.

Implemented additional feature: resolve ARP packet, identify DNS traffic

Implementation:

Used pcap.OpenLive() to open the live port Used handle.SetBPFFilter() to process the BPF expression Used strings.Contains() to implement the -s option Used packet.Layer() to solve the specified layer

Examples:

$ sudo ./mydump