Raw sockets in Go

gistfile1.txt

/*
Copyright (c) 2016, Nitin Gode
All rights reserved.

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SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

*/
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net"
    "syscall"
    "unsafe"
)

/*
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct __attribute__((packed))
{
    char dest[6];
    char sender[6];
    uint16_t protocolType;
} EthernetHeader;

typedef struct __attribute__((packed))
{
    uint16_t hwType;
    uint16_t protoType;
    char hwLen;
    char protocolLen;
    uint16_t oper;
    char SHA[6];
    char SPA[4];
    char THA[6];
    char TPA[4];
} ArpPacket;

typedef struct __attribute__((packed))
{
    EthernetHeader eth;
    ArpPacket arp;
} EthernetArpPacket;

char* FillRequestPacketFields(char* senderMac, char* senderIp)
{
    EthernetArpPacket * packet = malloc(sizeof(EthernetArpPacket));
    memset(packet, 0, sizeof(EthernetArpPacket));
    // Ethernet header
    // Dest = Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
    packet->eth.dest[0] = 0xff;
    packet->eth.dest[1] = 0xff;
    packet->eth.dest[2] = 0xff;
    packet->eth.dest[3] = 0xff;
    packet->eth.dest[4] = 0xff;
    packet->eth.dest[5] = 0xff;

    packet->eth.sender[0] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16); senderMac += 3;
    packet->eth.sender[1] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16); senderMac += 3;
    packet->eth.sender[2] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16); senderMac += 3;
    packet->eth.sender[3] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16); senderMac += 3;
    packet->eth.sender[4] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16); senderMac += 3;
    packet->eth.sender[5] = strtol(senderMac, NULL, 16);

    packet->eth.protocolType = htons(0x0806); // ARP

    // ARP Packet fields
    packet->arp.hwType = htons(1); // Ethernet
    packet->arp.protoType = htons(0x800); //IP;
    packet->arp.hwLen = 6;
    packet->arp.protocolLen = 4;
    packet->arp.oper = htons(2); // response

    // Sender MAC (same as that in eth header)
    memcpy(packet->arp.SHA, packet->eth.sender, 6);

    // Sender IP
    packet->arp.SPA[0] = strtol(senderIp, NULL, 10); senderIp = strchr(senderIp, '.') + 1;
    packet->arp.SPA[1] = strtol(senderIp, NULL, 10); senderIp = strchr(senderIp, '.') + 1;
    packet->arp.SPA[2] = strtol(senderIp, NULL, 10); senderIp = strchr(senderIp, '.') + 1;
    packet->arp.SPA[3] = strtol(senderIp, NULL, 10);

    // Dest MAC: Same as SHA, as we use an ARP response
    memcpy(packet->arp.THA, packet->arp.SHA, 6);

    // Dest IP: Same as SPA
    memcpy(packet->arp.TPA, packet->arp.SPA, 4);

    return (char*) packet;
}
*/
import "C"

func main() {
    etherArp := new(C.EthernetArpPacket)
    size := uint(unsafe.Sizeof(*etherArp))
    fmt.Println("Size : ", size)

    fd, err := syscall.Socket(syscall.AF_PACKET, syscall.SOCK_RAW, syscall.ETH_P_ALL)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error: " + err.Error())
        return
    }
    fmt.Println("Obtained fd ", fd)
    defer syscall.Close(fd)

    // Get Mac address of vboxnet1
    interf, err := net.InterfaceByName("vboxnet1")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Could not find vboxnet interface")
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Interface hw address: ", interf.HardwareAddr)
    fmt.Println("Creating request for IP 10.10.10.2 from IP 10.10.10.1")

    iface_cstr := C.CString(interf.HardwareAddr.String())
    ip_cstr := C.CString("10.10.10.3")

    packet := C.GoBytes(unsafe.Pointer(C.FillRequestPacketFields(iface_cstr, ip_cstr)) , C.int(size))

    // Send the packet
    var addr syscall.SockaddrLinklayer
    addr.Protocol = syscall.ETH_P_ARP
    addr.Ifindex = interf.Index
    addr.Hatype = syscall.ARPHRD_ETHER

    err = syscall.Sendto(fd, packet, 0, &addr)

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error: ", err)
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Sent packet")
    }

}

Thanks a lot for this Gist! It really helped me with my project :)

Hi! It looks like the program will only work with Linux. Will it also work on macOS?