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NAME

       etterfilter - Filter compiler for ettercap content filtering engine

SYNOPSIS

       etterfilter [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION

       The  etterfilter  utility  is used to compile source filter files into binary filter files
       that can be interpreted by the JIT interpreter in the ettercap(8) filter engine. You  have
       to  compile  your filter scripts in order to use them in ettercap. All syntax/parse errors
       will be checked at compile time, so you will be sure to produce a  correct  binary  filter
       for ettercap.

       GENERAL OPTIONS

       -o, --output <FILE>
              you  can specify the output file for a source filter file. By default the output is
              filter.ef.

       -t, --test <FILE>
              you can analyze a compiled filter file with this option. etterfilter will print  in
              a  human  readable  form  all  the  instructions  contained  in it. It is a sort of
              "disassembler" for binary filter files.

       -d, --debug
              prints some debug messages during  the  compilation.  Use  it  more  than  once  to
              increase the debug level ( etterfilter -ddd ... ).

       -w, --suppress-warnings
              Don't  exit on warnings. With this option the compiler will compile the script even
              if it contains warnings.

       STANDARD OPTIONS

       -v, --version
              Print the version and exit.

       -h, --help
              prints the help screen with a short summary of the available options.

       SCRIPTS SYNTAX
              A script is a compound of instructions. It is executed  sequentially  and  you  can
              make  branches with the 'if' statements. 'if' and 'if/else' statements are the only
              supported. No loops are implemented. The syntax is almost like C code  except  that
              you  have  to  put 'if' blocks into graph parentheses '{' '}', even if they contain
              only one instruction.

              NOTE: you have to put a space between the 'if' and the '('. You must  not  put  the
              space between the function name and the '('.

              Example:
              if (conditions) { }
              func(args...);

              The  conditions  for an 'if' statement can be either functions or comparisons.  Two
              or more conditions can be linked together with logical operators like OR  '||'  and
              AND '&&'.

              Example:
              if (tcp.src == 21 && search(DATA.data, "ettercap")) {
              }

              Pay  attention  to  the  operator  precedence.  You cannot use parentheses to group
              conditions, so be careful with the order. An AND at the beginning of  a  conditions
              block  will exclude all the other tests if it is evaluated as false. The parsing is
              left-to-right, when an operator is  found:  if  it  is  an  AND  and  the  previous
              condition  is  false,  all  the statement is evaluated as false; if it is an OR the
              parsing goes on even if the condition is false.

              Example:
              if (ip.proto == UDP || ip.proto == TCP && tcp.src == 80) {
              }

              if (ip.proto == TCP && tcp.src == 80 || ip.proto == UDP) {
              }

              the former condition will match all udp or  http  traffic.  The  latter  is  wrong,
              because  if  the  packet is not tcp, the whole condition block will be evaluated as
              false.  If you want to make complex conditions, the best way is to split them  into
              nested 'if' blocks.

              Every instruction in a block must end with a semicolon ';'.

              Comparisons  are  implemented  with  the  '=='  operator and can be used to compare
              numbers, strings or ip addresses. An ip address MUST be enclosed within two  single
              quotes  (eg. '192.168.0.7'). You can also use the 'less than' ('<'), 'greater than'
              ('>'), 'less or equal' ('<=') and 'greater or equal' ('>=') operators.  The  lvalue
              of a comparison must be an offset (see later)

              Example:
              if (DATA.data + 20 == "ettercap" && ip.ttl > 16) {
              }

              Assignments  are  implemented with the '=' operator and the lvalue can be an offset
              (see later). The rvalue can be a string, an integer or a hexadecimal value.

              Example:
              ip.ttl = 0xff;
              DATA.data + 7 = "ettercap NG";

              You can also use the 'inc' and 'dec' operations on the packet fields. The operators
              used are '+=' and '-='. The rvalue can be an integer or a hexadecimal value.

              Example:
              ip.ttl += 5;

       OFFSET DEFINITION
              An  offset  is  identified  by  a  virtual  pointer. In short words, an offset is a
              pointer to the packet buffer. The virtual pointer is a tuple <L, O, S>, where L  is
              the  iso/osi  level, O is the offset in that level and S is the size of the virtual
              pointer.  You can make algebraic operations on a virtual pointer and the result  is
              still  an offset. Specifying 'vp + n' will result in a new virtual pointer <L, O+n,
              S>.  And this is perfectly legal, we have  changed  the  internal  offset  of  that
              level.

              Virtual pointers are in the form 'name.field.subfield'. For example 'ip.ttl' is the
              virtual pointer for the Time To Live field in the IP header of a packet. It will be
              translated as <L=3, O=9, S=1>. Indeed it is the 9th byte of level 3 and its size is
              1 byte. 'ip.ttl + 1' is the same as 'ip.proto' since the 10th byte of the IP header
              is the protocol encapsulated in the IP packet.

              The  list of all supported virtual pointers is in the file etterfilter.tbl. You can
              add your own virtual pointers by adding a new table or modifying the existing ones.
              Refer   to   the  comments  at  the  beginning  of  the  file  for  the  syntax  of
              etterfilter.tbl file.

       SCRIPTS FUNCTIONS

       search(where, what)
              this function searches the string 'what' in the buffer 'where'. The buffer  can  be
              either  DATA.data  or  DECODED.data. The former is the payload at layer DATA (ontop
              TCP or UDP)  as  it  is  transmitted  on  the  wire,  the  latter  is  the  payload
              decoded/decrypted by dissectors.
              So,  if you want to search in an SSH connection, it is better to use 'DECODED.data'
              since 'data' will be encrypted.
              The string 'what' can be binary. You have to escape it.

              example:
              search(DATA.data, "\x41\x42\x43")

       regex(where, regex)
              this function will return true if the 'regex' has matched the buffer 'where'.   The
              considerations  about  'DECODED.data'  and  'DATA.data'  mentioned for the function
              'search' are the same for the regex function.

              NOTE: regex can be used only against a string buffer.

              example:
              regex(DECODED.data, ".*login.*")

       pcre_regex(where, pcre_regex ... )
              this function will evaluate a perl compatible regular  expression.  You  can  match
              against both DATA and DECODED, but if your expression modifies the buffer, it makes
              sense to operate only on DATA. The function accepts 2 or 3 parameters depending  on
              the operation you want. The two parameter form is used only to match a pattern. The
              three parameter form means that you want to make a substitution. In both cases, the
              second parameter is the search string.
              You  can  use  $n in the replacement string. These placeholders are referred to the
              groups   created   in   the    search    string.    (e.g.     pcre_regex(DATA.data,
              "^var1=([:digit:]*)&var2=([:digit:]*)",  "var1=$2&var2=$1")  will swap the value of
              var1 and var2).
              NOTE: The pcre support is optional in ettercap and will be enabled only if you have
              the  libpcre  installed.  The compiler will warn you if you try to compile a filter
              that contains pcre expressions but you don't have libpcre. Use  the  -w  option  to
              suppress the warning.

              example:
              pcre_regex(DATA.data, ".*foo$")
              pcre_regex(DATA.data, "([^ ]*) bar ([^ ]*)", "foo $1 $2")

       replace(what, with)
              this function replaces the string 'what' with the string 'with'. They can be binary
              string and must be escaped. The replacement is always performed in DATA.data  since
              is  the  only  payload which gets forwarded. The 'DECODED.data' buffer is used only
              internally and never reaches the wire.

              example:
              replace("ethercap", "ettercap")

       inject(what)
              this function injects the content  of  the  file  'what'  after  the  packet  being
              processed.  It  always  injects  in DATA.data. You can use it to replace the entire
              packet with a fake one using the drop() function right before the inject() command.
              In  that case the filtering engine will drop the current packet and inject the fake
              one.

              example:
              inject("./fake_packet")

       log(what, where)
              this function dumps in the file 'where' the buffer 'what'. No information is stored
              about  the  packet,  only  the payload is dumped. So you will see the stream in the
              file. If you want to log packets in a more enhanced  mode,  you  need  to  use  the
              ettercap -L option and analyze it with etterlog(8).
              The file 'where' must be writable to the user EC_UID (see etter.conf(5)).

              example:
              log(DECODED.data, "/tmp/interesting.log")

       msg(message)
              this  function  displays  a  message to the user in the User Messages window. It is
              useful to let the user know whether a particular filter has been successful or not.

              example:
              msg("Packet filtered successfully")

       drop() this function marks the packet "to be dropped". The packet will not be forwarded to
              the real destination.

              example:
              drop()

       kill() this  function  kills  the  connection that owns the matched packet. If it is a TCP
              connection, a RST is sent to both  sides  of  the  connection.  If  it  is  an  UDP
              connection, an ICMP PORT UNREACHABLE is sent to the source of the packet.

              example:
              kill()

       exec(command)
              this  function  executes  a shell command. You have to provide the full path to the
              command since it is executed without any environment. There is no way to  determine
              if  the  command  was successful or not. Furthermore, it is executed asynchronously
              since it is forked by the main process.

              example:
              exec("/bin/cat /tmp/foo >> /tmp/bar")

       exit() this function causes the filter engine to stop executing the code. It is useful  to
              stop the execution of the script on some circumstance checked by an 'if' statement.

              example:
              exit()

EXAMPLES

       Here are some examples of using etterfilter.

       etterfilter filter.ecf -o filter.ef

              Compiles the source filter.ecf into a binary filter.ef

ORIGINAL AUTHORS

       Alberto Ornaghi (ALoR) <alor@users.sf.net>
       Marco Valleri (NaGA) <naga@antifork.org>

PROJECT STEWARDS

       Emilio Escobar (exfil)  <eescobar@gmail.com>
       Eric Milam (Brav0Hax)  <jbrav.hax@gmail.com>

OFFICIAL DEVELOPERS

       Mike Ryan (justfalter)  <falter@gmail.com>
       Gianfranco Costamagna (LocutusOfBorg)  <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>
       Antonio Collarino (sniper)  <anto.collarino@gmail.com>
       Ryan Linn   <sussuro@happypacket.net>
       Jacob Baines   <baines.jacob@gmail.com>

CONTRIBUTORS

       Dhiru Kholia (kholia)  <dhiru@openwall.com>
       Alexander Koeppe (koeppea)  <format_c@online.de>
       Martin Bos (PureHate)  <purehate@backtrack.com>
       Enrique Sanchez
       Gisle Vanem  <giva@bgnett.no>
       Johannes Bauer  <JohannesBauer@gmx.de>
       Daten (Bryan Schneiders)  <daten@dnetc.org>

SEE ALSO

       etter.filter.examples
       ettercap(8)     etterlog(8)     etter.conf(5)    ettercap_curses(8)    ettercap_plugins(8)
       ettercap-pkexec(8)