From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-07-11T07:05:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Raw Sockets

Filipe Manana wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to do packet injection through a Ruby socket, like this:
> 
> PF_PACKET    = 17        # linux/socket.h
> AF_PACKET    = PF_PACKET # linux/socket.h
> ETH_P_ALL    = 0x03_00   # linux/if_ether.h (but in network byte order)
> SIOCGIFINDEX = 0x89_33   # bits/ioctls.h

Unsolicited suggestion: if you're doing a lot of packing, byte swapping, 
etc, take a look at my bit-struct lib for constructing packets[1]. There 
are even a couple of basic raw IP examples, though you seem to have 
gotten well beyond the basics.

[1] http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/bit-struct/

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