Python - decode ip header

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from ctypes import *
import socket
import struct


class IP(Structure):

    _fields_ = [
        ("ihl", c_uint8, 4),
        ("version", c_uint8, 4),
        ("tos", c_uint8),
        ("len", c_uint16),
        ("id", c_uint16),
        ("offset", c_uint16),
        ("ttl", c_uint8),
        ("protocol_num", c_uint8),
        ("sum", c_uint16),
        ("src", c_uint32),
        ("dst", c_uint32)
    ]

    def __new__(self, buffer=None):
        return self.from_buffer_copy(buffer)

    def __init__(self, buffer=None):
        print(self.ihl.__hex__())
        print(self.version.__hex__())
        print(self.tos.__hex__())
        print(self.len.__hex__())
        print(self.id.__hex__())
        # print(struct.pack('
        # print(struct.pack('
        print(self.offset.__hex__())
        print(self.ttl.__hex__())
        print(self.protocol_num.__hex__())
        print(self.sum.__hex__())
        print(socket.inet_ntoa(struct.pack(', self.src)))
        print(socket.inet_ntoa(struct.pack(', self.dst)))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    buffer = 'E\x00\x00T\xd2\xce@\x00@\x01i\xd8\x7f\x00\x00\x01\x7f\x00\x00\x01'
    ip = IP(buffer)

$ python decode_ipheader.py
0x5
0x4
0x0
0x5400
0xced2
0x40
0x40
0x1
0xd869
127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1

Sniffer

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from ctypes import *
import socket
import struct


class IP(Structure):

    _fields_ = [
        ("ihl", c_uint8, 4),
        ("version", c_uint8, 4),
        ("tos", c_uint8),
        ("len", c_uint16),
        ("id", c_uint16),
        ("offset", c_uint16),
        ("ttl", c_uint8),
        ("protocol_num", c_uint8),
        ("sum", c_uint16),
        ("src", c_uint32),
        ("dst", c_uint32)
    ]

    def __new__(self, buffer=None):
        return self.from_buffer_copy(buffer)

    def __init__(self, buffer=None):

        # map protocol constants to their names
        self.protocol_map = {1: "ICMP", 6: "TCP", 17: "UDP"}

        # human readable IP addresses
        self.src_address = socket.inet_ntoa(struct.pack(", self.src))
        self.dst_address = socket.inet_ntoa(struct.pack(", self.dst))

        # human readable protocol
        try:
            self.protocol = self.protocol_map[self.protocol_num]
        except:
            self.protocol = str(self.protocol_num)


if __name__ == '__main__':

    # this should look familiar from the previous example
    if os.name == "nt":
        socket_protocol = socket.IPPROTO_IP
    else:
        socket_protocol = socket.IPPROTO_ICMP

    sniffer = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_RAW, socket_protocol)
    sniffer.bind((host, 0))
    sniffer.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_HDRINCL, 1)

    if os.name == "nt":
        sniffer.ioctl(socket.SIO_RCVALL, socket.RCVALL_ON)

    try:
        while True:
            # read in a packet
            raw_buffer = sniffer.recvfrom(65535)[0]

            # create an IP header from the first 20 bytes of the buffer
            ip_header = IP(raw_buffer[0:20])

            # print out the protocol that was detected and the hosts
            print("Protocol: {} {} -> {}".format(
                ip_header.protocol, ip_header.src_address, ip_header.dst_address
            ))
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        # if we're using Windows, turn off promiscuous mode
        if os.name == "nt":
            sniffer.ioctl(socket.SIO_RCVALL, socket.RCVALL_OFF)


## References
# ValueError: Buffer size too small (20 instead of at least 32 bytes)
# The problem is with 32 vs 64 bit systems.
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29306747/python-sniffing-from-black-hat-python-book

References

1. BOOK: BLACK HAT PYTHON: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters