pcaplay

README

pcaplay

Replays application layer packets (enclosed in either tcp or udp) from pcap files to a connection

Installation

$ go install github.com/ruel/pcaplay

Usage

pcaplay -file <pcap-file> [-port <listening-port>] [-proto tcp|udp] [-bpf <bpf-filter>] [-delay <packet-delay-ms>] [-wait <wait-flag-toggle>]

Option	Description
bpf	Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) string to isolate packets
delay	Delay between sent packets in milliseconds (default 100)
file	Location of PCAP file to replay
port	Layer 4 listening port (default 8484)
proto	Layer 4 protocol to use (default "tcp")
wait	Wait for first packet before starting replay (default true)

BPF Syntax

Pcap files can be prepared and trimmed with Wireshark. In some cases, pcap files can be very large or unmanageable in such softwares and warrants on the fly (while reading) filtering. This can be achieved by using BPF or Berkley Packet Filter.

pcaplay accepts a bpf filter option to localize packets to be sent to the connection. Most common filters can be:

• host 1.1.1.1 - Isolates packets with the given host in either directions
• port 1234 - Returns packets with connections that uses given port in either directions
• dst port 1234 - Returns packets with a given destination port

More information about the syntax can be found at this link: http://biot.com/capstats/bpf.html

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 Ruel Pagayon

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