RawSocketPy
Raw socket is a layer 2 python library for communication using the MAC addresses only.
This allows you to create a custom made Ethernet/WiFi communication system which is not using IP nor TCP/UDP or to debug custom frames such as SERCOS III, Profibus, ARP, PTP, ...
Python versions tested:
- 2.7.x
- 3.5.x
- 3.8.x
OSes:
- Linux 14.04
- Linux 16.04
- Linux 18.04
- Linux 20.04
Not working on:
- Windows 10 - Due to Raw socket limitation
- Mac OSX - Due to implementation (can likely be made working)
Pros:
- Low level
- Not using TCP-UDP/IP
- Dead simple
- Can broadcast
- MTU of 1500
- Asynchronous server
- Stateful capability
Cons:
- Low level
- Not using TCP-UDP/IP
- No encryption
- No fragmentation
- Requires root
- MTU of 1500 (Ethernet frames)
Installation
# Soon
sudo -H pip install rawsocketpy
# for now:
git clone https://github.com/AlexisTM/rawsocket_python
cd rawsocket_python
sudo python setup.py installFast testing
On one computer:
sudo python -c "from rawsocketpy import RawSocket
sock = RawSocket('wlp2s0', 0xEEFA)
while True: print(sock.recv())"
# 12:34:56:78:9A:BC == 0xEEFA => FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF - OK:
# BooOn the second computer over the same router (or same network on Zerotier):
sudo python -c "from rawsocketpy import RawSocket; import time
sock = RawSocket('wlp2s0', 0xEEFA)
while True:
sock.send('Boo')
print('Boo has been sent')
time.sleep(0.5)"In-depth
from rawsocketpy import RawSocket
# 0xEEFA is the ethertype
# The most common are available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType
# The full official list is available here: https://regauth.standards.ieee.org/standards-ra-web/pub/view.html#registries
# Direct link: https://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/ethertype/eth.csv
# You can use whatever you want but using a already use type can have unexpected behaviour.
sock = RawSocket("wlp2s0", 0xEEFA)
sock.send("some data") # Broadcast "some data" with an ethertype of 0xEEFA
sock.send("personal data", dest="\xAA\xBB\xCC\xDD\xEE\xFF") # Send "personal data to \xAA\xBB\xCC\xDD\xEE\xFF with an ether type of 0xEEFA
sock.send("other data", ethertype="\xEE\xFF") # Broadcast "other data" with an ether type of 0xEEFFReceiving
On another machine, you can run the following:
from rawsocketpy import RawSocket, to_str
sock = RawSocket("wlp2s0", 0xEEFA)
packet = sock.recv()
# The type of packet is RawPacket() which allows pretty printing and unmarshal the raw data.
# If you are using Python2, all data is encoded as unicode strings "\x01.." while Python3 uses bytearray.
print(packet) # Pretty print
packet.dest # string "\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF" or bytearray(b"\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF")
packet.src # string "\x12\x12\x12\x12\x12\x13" or bytearray(b"\x12\x12\x12\x12\x12\x13")
packet.type # string "\xEE\xFA" or bytearray([b"\xEE\xFA"]
packegt.data # string "some data" or bytearray(b"some data"]
print(to_str(packet.dest)) # Human readable MAC: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
print(to_str(packet.type, "")) # Human readable type: EEFAStateless blocking Server
from rawsocketpy import RawServer
class LongTaskTest(RawRequestHandler):
def handle(self):
time.sleep(1)
print(self.packet)
def finish(self):
print("End")
def setup(self):
print("Begin")
def main():
rs = RawServer("wlp2s0", 0xEEFA, LongTaskTest)
rs.spin()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()Stateful Asynchronous server
Available only if gevent is installed.
from rawsocketpy import RawRequestHandler, RawAsyncServerCallback
import time
def callback(handler, server):
print("callback")
handler.setup()
handler.handle()
handler.finish()
class LongTaskTest(RawRequestHandler):
def handle(self):
time.sleep(1)
print(self.packet)
def finish(self):
print("End")
def setup(self):
print("Begin")
def main():
rs = RawAsyncServerCallback("wlp2s0", 0xEEFA, LongTaskTest, callback)
rs.spin()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()I want to contribue!!
You are free to contribue, the following capabilities are welcome:
- Windows compatibility (even possible?)
- MacOS compatibility
- More Python versions and OS tests
- Bring a major refactor ;)
Credits
- Alexis PAQUES - @AlexisTM
