OPacketCapturer is now able to write captured packages in the standard tcpdump-compatible format

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
index 30f6208..04b1bb1 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
@@ -736,3 +736,3 @@ OPacketCapturer::OPacketCapturer( QObject* parent, const char* name )
                  :QObject( parent, name ), _name( QString::null ), _open( false ),
-                 _pch( 0 ), _sn( 0 )
+                 _pch( 0 ), _pcd( 0 ), _sn( 0 )
 {
@@ -785,2 +785,7 @@ void OPacketCapturer::close()
         }
+        if ( _pcd )
+        {
+            pcap_dump_close( _pcd );
+            _pcd = 0;
+        }
         pcap_close( _pch );
@@ -822,2 +827,4 @@ OPacket* OPacketCapturer::next()
     qDebug( "<== OPacketCapturer::next()" );
+    if ( _pcd )
+        pcap_dump( (u_char*) _pcd, &header, pdata );
 
@@ -842,3 +849,3 @@ OPacket* OPacketCapturer::next()
 
-bool OPacketCapturer::open( const QString& name )
+bool OPacketCapturer::open( const QString& name, const QString& filename )
 {
@@ -858,26 +865,34 @@ bool OPacketCapturer::open( const QString& name )
 
+    // open libpcap
     pcap_t* handle = pcap_open_live( const_cast<char*>( (const char*) name ), 1024, 0, 0, &_errbuf[0] );
 
-    if ( handle )
+    if ( !handle )
     {
-        qDebug( "OPacketCapturer::open(): libpcap opened successfully." );
-        _pch = handle;
-        _open = true;
-        _stats.clear();
+        qWarning( "OPacketCapturer::open(): can't open libpcap with '%s': %s", (const char*) name, _errbuf );
+        return false;
+    }
 
-        // in case we have an application object, create a socket notifier
-        if ( qApp )
-        {
-            _sn = new QSocketNotifier( fileno(), QSocketNotifier::Read );
-            connect( _sn, SIGNAL( activated(int) ), this, SLOT( readyToReceive() ) );
-        }
+    qDebug( "OPacketCapturer::open(): libpcap [%s] opened successfully.", (const char*) name );
+    _pch = handle;
+    _open = true;
+    _stats.clear();
 
-        return true;
+    // in case we have an application object, create a socket notifier
+    if ( qApp ) //TODO: I don't like this here...
+    {
+        _sn = new QSocketNotifier( fileno(), QSocketNotifier::Read );
+        connect( _sn, SIGNAL( activated(int) ), this, SLOT( readyToReceive() ) );
     }
-    else
+
+    // if requested, open a dump
+    pcap_dumper_t* dump = pcap_dump_open( _pch, const_cast<char*>( (const char*) filename ) );
+    if ( !dump )
     {
-        qDebug( "OPacketCapturer::open(): can't open libpcap with '%s': %s", (const char*) name, _errbuf );
+        qWarning( "OPacketCapturer::open(): can't open dump with '%s': %s", (const char*) filename, _errbuf );
         return false;
     }
+    qDebug( "OPacketCapturer::open(): dump [%s] opened successfully.", (const char*) filename );
+    _pcd = dump;
 
+    return true;
 }
diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.h b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.h
index 6c3ac6d..99631ba 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.h
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.h
@@ -472,4 +472,5 @@ class OPacketCapturer : public QObject
      * Open the packet capturer to capture packets in live-mode from @a interface.
+     * If a @a filename is given, all captured packets are output to a tcpdump-compatible capture file.
      */
-    bool open( const QString& interface );
+    bool open( const QString& interface, const QString& filename = QString::null );
     /**
@@ -498,2 +499,3 @@ class OPacketCapturer : public QObject
     pcap_t* _pch;                                   // pcap library handle
+    pcap_dumper_t* _pcd;                            // pcap dumper handle
     QSocketNotifier* _sn;                           // socket notifier for main loop