dnsjit.input.fpcap3

Attributes

is_swapped

Indicate if the byte order in the PCAP is in reverse order of the host.

is_nanosec

Indicate if the time stamps are in nanoseconds or not.

magic_number

Magic number.

version_major

Major version number.

version_minor

Minor version number.

thiszone

GMT to local correction.

sigfigs

Accuracy of timestamps.

snaplen

Max length of captured packets, in octets.

network

The link type found in the PCAP header, see https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html .

linktype

The data link type, mapped from network.

Functions

Fpcap.new()

Create a new Fpcap input.

Fpcap:log()

Return the Log object to control logging of this instance or module.

Fpcap:receiver(o)

Set the receiver to pass objects to.

Fpcap:produce()

Return the C functions and context for producing objects.

Fpcap:fadvise_sequential()

Use posix_fadvise() to indicate sequential reading (if supported), may increase performance. MUST be called before open().

Fpcap:open(file)

Open a PCAP file for processing and read the PCAP header. Returns 0 on success.

Fpcap:openfp(fp)

Open a PCAP file for processing and read the PCAP header using a file descriptor, for example io.stdin or with io.open(). Will not take ownership of the file descriptor. Returns 0 on success.

Fpcap:run()

Start processing packets and send each packet read to the receiver. Returns 0 if all packets was read successfully.

Fpcap:packets()

Return the number of packets seen.