packet.internet.ipv6(3)

packet.internet.ipv63

Ipv6 module

Overview

Decode IP version 6 layer. Extension headers are not supported.

Classes

class IPv6(packet.internet.ipv4.IPv4)

IPv6 object
Usage:
    from packet.internet.ipv6 import IPv6
    x = IPv6(pktt)
Object definition:
IPv6(
    version       = int,
    traffic_class = int,
    flow_label    = int,
    total_size    = int,
    protocol      = int,
    hop_limit     = int,
    src           = IPv6Addr(),
    dst           = IPv6Addr(),
    psize         = int,     # payload data size
    data          = string,  # raw data of payload if protocol
                             # is not supported
)

Methods defined here: ---------------------

__init__(self, pktt) Constructor

Initialize object's private data.

pktt:

Packet trace object (packet.pktt.Pktt) so this layer has access to the parent layers.

Bugs

No known bugs.

Author

Jorge Mora ([email protected])

From nfstest 3.2-3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.