from fcntl import ioctl import subprocess import os import struct class TapDevice: """ TUN/TAP device class """ # magic numbers and structlayout TUNSETIFF = 0x400454ca IFF_TUN = 0x0001 IFF_TAP = 0x0002 DEVPATH = "/dev/net/tun" _ifreq = "16sh" def __init__(self, name='', tap=True, conf=None, stripHeader=True): """ Constructor for the device. name - the device name, use a %d for a generated device numer tap - if this device should be a tap device conf - conf to pass to the ifconfig function of this class (if None ifconfig() won't be called) stripHeader - strips the first 4 bytes, they don't belong to the actual network traffic ("\x00\x00\x08\x00") """ self._mode = (tap and self.IFF_TAP) or self.IFF_TUN self._fd = None self._nametpl = name self._tap = tap self._mac = None self._mtu = 1500 self.conf = conf self._stripHeader = stripHeader if name == '': self._nametpl = (tap and "tap%d") or "tun%d" self._createDev() if self.conf: self.ifconfig(**conf) def _createDev(self): if self._fd: self.close() self._fd = os.open(self.DEVPATH, os.O_RDWR) ifreq = struct.pack(self._ifreq, self._nametpl, self._mode) ret = ioctl(self._fd, self.TUNSETIFF, ifreq) # retmode should be the same as self._mode (retname, retmode) = struct.unpack(self._ifreq, ret) self._name = retname.strip("\x00") def _ifconfig(self, params): args = ["/sbin/ifconfig"] + params ret = subprocess.Popen(args).wait() if ret != 0: raise PyTapException("Command '%s' did not return 0" % (" ".join(args),)) def ifconfig(self, **kwargs): """ Calls ifconfig for the device. All arguments will be passed to ifconfig. Use 'address' for the device address. E.g. device.ifconfig(address="12.34.56.78", mtu=1500) """ args = [self._name] if kwargs.has_key("address"): args.append(kwargs["address"]) del(kwargs["address"]) args = reduce(lambda l, key: l+[key, str(kwargs[key])], kwargs, args) self._ifconfig(args) def getMac(self): """ Get the device mac """ # this "could" be buffered, but we never know who when changed the mac # ==> we re-get the mac on every request proc = subprocess.Popen("LC_ALL=C /sbin/ifconfig %s|head -n 1|egrep -o '([0-9a-fA-F]{2}:){5}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}'" % self.getName(), shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) mac = proc.stdout.read().strip() return mac def up(self): """ Bring the device up """ self._ifconfig([self._name, "up"]) def down(self): """ Bring the device down """ self._ifconfig([self._name, "down"]) def getFD(self): """ Get the device file descriptor (e.g. to use in select()) """ return self._fd def getName(self): """ Get the (real) name of the device """ return self._name def read(self): """ Read a packet from the device """ readSize = self._mtu if self._tap: # don't forget the ethernet frame (not included in MTU) readSize += 18 data = os.read(self._fd, self._mtu) if self._stripHeader: data = data[4:] return data def write(self, data): """ Write a packet to the device """ if self._stripHeader: data= "\x00\x00\x08\x00" + data os.write(self._fd, data) def close(self): """ Close the device """ os.close(self._fd) self._fd = self._name = None class PyTapException(Exception): pass