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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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flowRecorder

Use flowRecorder to turn packets into flow records. The tool can work in two modes:

  1. Live packet capture from a NIC
  2. Parsing packets from a PCAP file.

The program can take a number of arguments:

-d, --direction <u,b>
sets whether the packets will be organised into flows in uni- or bidirection
-i, --interface interface_name
sets the networking interface card from which the packets will be sniffed
-f, --file file_name
sets the name of the PCAP file
-o, --out file_name
sets the name of the CSV file into which the results will be saved

Examples:

1. To read in a PCAP file and process the packets into flows in one direction, and save the results into a CSV file the following command can be used:

python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d u -f p.pcap -o results.csv

2. To start capturing the packets from a NIC (en0) and organize them into flow records in bidirection, the following command can be used:

sudo python ~/flowRecorder/flowRecorder/flowRecorder.py -d b -i en0 -o results.csv

Notes

  • Only creates flows for IP packets
  • Uses 5-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto, src_port, dst_port flow keys as common properties to identify TCP/UDP flows
  • Uses 3-tuple of ip_src, ip_dst, proto flow keys as common properties to identify non-TCP/UDP flows
  • Packet lengths are calculated on sizes of IP packets (i.e. ignores Ethernet framing size)
  • Flows are considered to have expired if more than a threshold of time has passed since previous packet and when this occurs further packets will be considered as a new flow and the previous packets moved to the flow archive. Threshold for flow expiration is in the config file.

Dependencies

flowRecorder depends on the following libraries:

  • dpkt
  • pcapy
  • hashlib
  • numpy

These can be installed with (Python 2.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python-pip python-pytest python-yaml
pip install dpkt pcapy numpy

These can be installed with (Python 3.x):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt install python3-pip python-pytest3 python-yaml
pip3 install dpkt pcapy numpy

Testing

Run python 2.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test

Run python 3.x self tests with:

cd ~/flowRecorder/tests/; py.test-3

Known issues

The program is not optimized for processing large PCAP files. For example, processsing 500K packets takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing time mainly depends on the selected directionality and the computing resources.

The tool is under testing. Please report any issues/bugs to the developers.

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