"NetPacket::Ethernet" provides a set of routines for assembling and
disassembling packets using the Ethernet protocol.
Methods
NetPacket::Ethernet->decode([RAW PACKET])
Decode the raw packet data given and return an object containing
instance data. This method will quite happily decode garbage input.
It is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure valid packet data
is passed to this method.
NetPacket::Ethernet->encode(param => value)
Return an ethernet packet encoded with the instance data specified.
Not implemented.
Functions
NetPacket::Ethernet::strip([RAW PACKET])
Return the encapsulated data (or payload) contained in the ethernet
packet. This data is suitable to be used as input for other
"NetPacket::*" modules.
This function is equivalent to creating an object using the
"decode()" constructor and returning the "data" field of that
object.
Instance data
The instance data for the "NetPacket::Ethernet" object consists of
the following fields.
src_mac
The source MAC address for the ethernet packet as a hex string.
dest_mac
The destination MAC address for the ethernet packet as a hex string.
Import the strip function "eth_strip" which is an alias for
"NetPacket::Ethernet::strip"
:ALL
All the above exportable items.
EXAMPLE
The following script dumps ethernet frames by mac address and protocol
to standard output.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Net::PcapUtils;
use NetPacket::Ethernet;
sub process_pkt {
my($arg, $hdr, $pkt) = @_;
my $eth_obj = NetPacket::Ethernet->decode($pkt);
print("$eth_obj->{src_mac}:$eth_obj->{dest_mac} $eth_obj->{type}\n");
}
Net::PcapUtils::loop(\&process_pkt);
TODO
Implement encode() function
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Copyright (c) 2001 Tim Potter.
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