NetPacket::TCP 0.04

NetPacket::TCP is a Perl module to assemble and disassemble TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) packets.

SYNOPSIS

use NetPacket::TCP;

$tcp_obj = NetPacket::TCP->decode($raw_pkt);
$tcp_pkt = NetPacket::TCP->encode($ip_pkt);
$tcp_data = NetPacket::TCP::strip($raw_pkt);

NetPacket::TCP provides a set of routines for assembling and disassembling packets using TCP (Transmission Control Protocol).

Methods

NetPacket::TCP->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::TCP->encode($ip_obj)

Return a TCP packet encoded with the instance data specified. Needs parts of the ip header contained in $ip_obj in order to calculate the TCP checksum.

Functions

NetPacket::TCP::strip([RAW PACKET])

Return the encapsulated data (or payload) contained in the TCP 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::TCP object consists of the following fields.

src_port

The source TCP port for the packet.

dest_port

The destination TCP port for the packet.

seqnum

The TCP sequence number for this packet.

acknum

The TCP acknowledgement number for this packet.

hlen

The header length for this packet.

reserved

The 6-bit "reserved" space in the TCP header.

flags

Contains the urg, ack, psh, rst, syn, fin, ece and cwr flags for this packet.

winsize

The TCP window size for this packet.

cksum

The TCP checksum.

urg

The TCP urgent pointer.

options

Any TCP options for this packet in binary form.

data

The encapsulated data (payload) for this packet.