nodeshark

Wrapper around libwireshark providing network packet dissection for node.js.

Installation

$ npm install nodeshark

Build linux

$ svn co http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/ wireshark
$ cd wireshark
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ export WIRESHARK_INCLUDE_DIR=[wireshark source directory]
$ node-waf configure build

Build OSX

$ svn co http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/ wireshark
$ cd wireshark
$ ./macosx-setup.sh
$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/X11/lib/pkgconfig
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make -j 3
$ sudo make install
 
$ export WIRESHARK_INCLUDE_DIR=[wireshark source directory]
$ node-waf configure build

Usage

var nodeshark = require("nodeshark");
 
var dissector = new nodeshark.Dissector(nodeshark.LINK_LAYER_TYPE_ETHERNET);
 
var rawPacket = {
  header: {
    timestampSeconds: 10,
    timestampMicroseconds: 20,
    capturedLength: buffer.length,
    originalLength: buffer.length
  },
  data: new Buffer([
    0x58, 0x6d, 0x8f, 0x67, 0x8a, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x1b, 0x21, 0xcf, 0xa1, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x3b, 0xd1, 0xb0, 0x40, 0x00, 0x40, 0x11, 0xc5, 0xde, 0x0a, 0x14, 0x08, 0x65, 0xc0, 0xa8,
    0xd0, 0x01, 0xc5, 0x32, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x27, 0xa3, 0x5b, 0x65, 0x89, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x6d, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x04, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x76, 0x65,
    0x03, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01
  ]);
};
var packet = dissector.dissect(rawPacket);
 
// OR
 
var buffer = new Buffer([
  0x58, 0x6d, 0x8f, 0x67, 0x8a, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x1b, 0x21, 0xcf, 0xa1, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00,
  0x00, 0x3b, 0xd1, 0xb0, 0x40, 0x00, 0x40, 0x11, 0xc5, 0xde, 0x0a, 0x14, 0x08, 0x65, 0xc0, 0xa8,
  0xd0, 0x01, 0xc5, 0x32, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x27, 0xa3, 0x5b, 0x65, 0x89, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x6d, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6c, 0x04, 0x6c, 0x69, 0x76, 0x65,
  0x03, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01
]);
var packet = dissector.dissect(buffer);

You can also use it it conjunction with pcap-parser.

var pcapp = require('pcap-parser');
 
var parser = new pcapp.Parser('/path/to/file.pcap');
var dissector;
parser.on('globalHeader', function(globalHeader) {
  dissector = new nodeshark.Dissector(globalHeader.linkLayerType);
});
parser.on('packet', function(rawPacket) {
  var packet = dissector.dissect(rawPacket);
});
parser.parse();

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Near Infinity Corporation

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.