Raw Socket Code – IPPROTO_RAW example

We have not seen the usage of IPPROTO_RAW as a protocol in all of the previous articles. The current article provides a code example for IPPROTO_RAW as the protocol field in the socket API.

If IPPROTO_RAW is used, then the IP header needs to be formulated by the application. The sample code fills in a sample IP header and keeps retransmitting the same packet.

Raw Socket IPPROTO_RAW example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <linux/udp.h> /* UDP Header */
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>

#define DEBUG 0
struct sockaddr_in *clientaddr = NULL;
int raw_socket;
int SERVPORT=30000;
int DESTPORT=30001;

/* structure to calculate UDP checksum
* The below members are part of the IP header
* which do not change from the UDP layer and hence
* are used as a part of the UDP checksum */

struct pseudo_iphdr {
        unsigned int source_ip_addr;
        unsigned int dest_ip_addr;
        unsigned char fixed;
        unsigned char protocol;
        unsigned short udp_len;
};

/* checksum code to calculate UDP checksum
* Code taken from Unix network programming – Richard stevens*/

unsigned short in_cksum (uint16_t * addr, int len)
{
        int nleft = len;
        unsigned int sum = 0;
        unsigned short *w = addr;
        unsigned short answer = 0;

        /* Our algorithm is simple, using a 32 bit accumulator (sum), we add
        * sequential 16 bit words to it, and at the end, fold back all the
        * carry bits from the top 16 bits into the lower 16 bits.
        */
        while (nleft > 1) {
                sum += *w++;
                nleft -= 2;
        }

        /* mop up an odd byte, if necessary */
        if (nleft == 1) {
                *(unsigned char *) (&answer) = * (unsigned char *) w;
                sum += answer;
        }

        /* add back carry outs from top 16 bits to low 16 bits */
        sum = (sum >> 16) + (sum & 0xffff); /* add hi 16 to low 16 */
        sum += (sum >> 16); /* add carry */
        answer = (unsigned short) ~sum; /* truncate to 16 bits */
        return (answer);
}

/* Interrupt_handler – so that CTRL + C can be used to
* exit the program */
void interrupt_handler (int signum) {
         close(raw_socket);
         free(clientaddr);
         exit(0);
}

void main () {
        socklen_t length, num_of_bytes;
        char buffer[1024] = {0};
        unsigned char recvbuffer[1024] = {0};
        char *string = “Hello client\n”;
        struct udphdr *udp_hdr = NULL;
        struct iphdr *ip_hdr = NULL;
        char *string_data = NULL;
        char *recv_string_data = NULL;
        char *csum_buffer = NULL;
        struct pseudo_iphdr csum_hdr;

        signal (SIGINT, interrupt_handler);
        signal (SIGTERM, interrupt_handler);

        if (0 > (raw_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW))) {
                printf(“Unable to create a socket\n”);
                exit(0);
        }

        /* Part 2 – create the server connection – fill the structure*/
        clientaddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)malloc(sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
        if (clientaddr == NULL) {
                printf(“Unable to allocate memory\n”);
                goto end;
        }

         clientaddr->sin_family = AF_INET;
         clientaddr->sin_port = htons(DESTPORT);
         clientaddr->sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(“127.0.0.1”);

         memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));

         /* copy the data after the UDP header */
        string_data = (char *) (buffer + sizeof(struct udphdr) + sizeof (struct iphdr));
        strncpy(string_data, string, strlen(string));

        /* Modify some parameters to send to client in UDP hdr
        * code will perform a syn burst (flood) to the receive side */

        udp_hdr = (struct udphdr *)(buffer + sizeof (struct iphdr));
        udp_hdr->source = htons(SERVPORT);
        udp_hdr->dest = htons(DESTPORT);
        udp_hdr->len = htons(sizeof(struct udphdr));

       /* calculate the UDP checksum – based on wikipedia
        * pseudo IP header + UDP HDR +
        * UDP data- check sum is calculated.
        * create a buffer to calculate CSUM and calculate CSUM*/

        csum_buffer = (char *)calloc((sizeof(struct pseudo_iphdr) + sizeof(struct udphdr) + strlen(string_data)), sizeof(char));
        if (csum_buffer == NULL) {
                printf(“Unable to allocate csum buffer\n”);
                goto end1;
        }

        csum_hdr.source_ip_addr = inet_addr(“127.0.0.1”);
        csum_hdr.dest_ip_addr = inet_addr(“127.0.0.1”);
        csum_hdr.fixed = 0;
        csum_hdr.protocol = IPPROTO_UDP; /* UDP protocol */
        csum_hdr.udp_len = htons(sizeof(struct udphdr) + strlen(string_data) + 1);

        memcpy(csum_buffer, (char *)&csum_hdr, sizeof(struct pseudo_iphdr));
        memcpy(csum_buffer + sizeof(struct pseudo_iphdr), buffer, (sizeof(struct udphdr) + strlen(string_data) + 1));

        udp_hdr->check = (in_cksum((unsigned short *) csum_buffer,
(sizeof(struct pseudo_iphdr)+ sizeof(struct udphdr) + strlen(string_data) + 1)));

        printf(“checksum is %x\n”, udp_hdr->check);
        /* since we are resending the same packet over and over again
         * free the csum buffer here */
         free (csum_buffer);
         /* Add IP Header */
         ip_hdr = (struct iphdr *)buffer;
         ip_hdr->ihl = 5; /* header length 5 * sizeof(uint32) = 20 bytes – no optional elements*/
         ip_hdr->version = 4; /* ip version 4 */
         ip_hdr->tos = 0; /* type of service */
         ip_hdr->tot_len = sizeof(struct iphdr) + sizeof(struct udphdr) +      strlen(string_data) + 1;
         ip_hdr->ttl = 64; /* time to live */
         ip_hdr->protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
         ip_hdr->saddr = inet_addr(“127.0.0.1”); /* use loopback address for source */
         ip_hdr->daddr = inet_addr(“127.0.0.1”); /* use loopback address for dest */
         ip_hdr->check = in_cksum((unsigned short *)ip_hdr, sizeof(struct iphdr));

         while (1) {
                 sleep(1);
                 num_of_bytes = sendto(raw_socket, buffer,(sizeof (struct iphdr) +
                                                 sizeof(struct udphdr)+strlen(string_data)+1), 0,
                                                (struct sockaddr *)clientaddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
                 if (num_of_bytes == -1) {
                         printf(“unable to send Message\n”);
                         goto end1;
                 }
         }
end1:
         free (clientaddr);
end:
         close (raw_socket);
         return;
}

The wireshark capture below shows the packet being transmitted.

Raw Socket – IP_HDRINCL Code Example

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