NAME

       Net::Frame::Dump::Online2 - tcpdump like implementation, online mode and non-blocking

SYNOPSIS

          use Net::Frame::Dump::Online2;

          #
          # Simply create a Dump object
          #
          my $oDump = Net::Frame::Dump::Online2->new(
             dev => 'eth0',
          );

          $oDump->start;

          # Gather frames
          while (1) {
             if (my $f = $oDump->next) {
                my $raw            = $f->{raw};
                my $firstLayerType = $f->{firstLayer};
                my $timestamp      = $f->{timestamp};
             }
          }

          $oDump->stop;

          #
          # Default parameters on creation
          #
          my $oDumpDefault = Net::Frame::Dump::Online2->new(
             timeoutOnNext => 3,
             timeout       => 0,
             promisc       => 0,
             snaplen       => 1514,
             file          => '',
             overwrite     => 0,
          );

DESCRIPTION

       This module implements a tcpdump-like program, for live capture from networks.

ATTRIBUTES

       dev The network interface to listen on. No default value.

       timeoutOnNext
           Each time you call next method, an internal counter is updated. This counter tells you
           if you have not received any data since timeoutOnNext seconds. When a timeout
           occurred, timeout is set to true.

       timeout
           When timeoutOnNext seconds has been reached, this variable is set to true, and never
           reset. See timeoutReset if you want to reset it.

       snaplen
           If you want to capture a different snaplen, set it a number. Default to 1514.

       promisc
           By default, interface is not put into promiscuous mode, set this parameter to true if
           you want it.

       The following are inherited attributes:

       filter
           Pcap filter to use. Default to no filter.

       firstLayer
           Stores information about the first layer type contained on read frame. This attribute
           is filled only after a call to start method.

       isRunning
           Returns true if a call to start has been done, false otherwise or if a call to stop
           has been done.

       keepTimestamp
           Sometimes, when frames are captured and saved to a .pcap file, timestamps sucks. That
           is, you send a frame, and receive the reply, but your request appear to have been sent
           after the reply. So, to correct that, you can use Net::Frame::Dump own timestamping
           system. The default is 0. Set it manually to 1 if you need original .pcap frames
           timestamps.

METHODS

       new
       new (hash)
           Object constructor. You can pass attributes that will overwrite default ones. See
           SYNOPSIS for default values.

       start
           When you want to start reading frames from network, call this method.

       stop
           When you want to stop reading frames from network, call this method.

       next
           Returns the next captured frame; undef if none awaiting. Each time this method is
           called, a comparison is done to see if no frame has been captured during timeoutOnNext
           number of seconds. If so, timeout attribute is set to 1 to reflect the pending
           timeout.

       store (Net::Frame::Simple object)
           This method will store internally, sorted, the Net::Frame::Simple object passed as a
           single parameter. getKey methods, implemented in various Net::Frame::Layer objects
           will be used to efficiently retrieve (via getKeyReverse method) frames.

           Basically, it is used to make recv method (from Net::Frame::Simple) to retrieve
           quickly the reply frame for a request frame.

       getFramesFor (Net::Frame::Simple object)
           This will return an array of possible reply frames for the specified
           Net::Frame::Simple object. For example, reply frames for a UDP probe will be all the
           frames which have the same source port and destination port as the request.

       flush
           Will flush stored frames, the one which have been stored via store method.

       timeoutReset
           Reset the internal timeout state (timeout attribute).

       getStats
           Tries to get packet statistics on an open descriptor. It returns a reference to a hash
           that has to following fields: ps_recv, ps_drop, ps_ifdrop.

SEE ALSO

       Net::Frame::Dump

AUTHOR

       Patrice <GomoR> Auffret

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2006-2020, Patrice <GomoR> Auffret

       You may distribute this module under the terms of the Artistic license.  See
       LICENSE.Artistic file in the source distribution archive.