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NetPacket::SLL2(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation NetPacket::SLL2(3)

NAME

NetPacket::SLL2 - Assemble and disassemble Linux cooked capture (SLL2) packets.

VERSION

version 1.8.0

SYNOPSIS

  use NetPacket::SLL2;
  my $sll_obj = NetPacket::SLL2->decode($raw_pkt);
  my $sll_pkt = $sll_obj->encode();
  my $sll_data = NetPacket::SLL2::strip($raw_pkt);

DESCRIPTION

"NetPacket::SLL2" provides a set of routines for assembling and disassembling packets using Linux cooked capture (libpcap SLL2). Linux cooked capture is a pseudo-link-layer used by libpcap when capturing packets on the "any" device (because packets may have different link layer headers) or when the native link layer headers can't be used.

See <https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/wikis/SLL> and <https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes/LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL2.html> for more details on the SLL2 protocol.

Methods

"NetPacket::SLL2->decode([RAW PACKET])"
Decode the raw packet data given and return an object containing instance data. This method will quite happily decode garbage input. It is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure valid packet data is passed to this method.
"$sll_obj->encode()"
Return an SLL2 packet encoded with the instance data specified.

Functions

"NetPacket::SLL2::strip([RAW PACKET])"
Return the encapsulated data (or payload) contained in the SLL2 packet. This data is suitable to be used as input for other "NetPacket::*" modules.

This function is equivalent to creating an object using the decode() constructor and returning the "data" field of that object.

Instance data

The instance data for the "NetPacket::SLL2" object consists of the following fields.

The protocol type for the packet. Usually an ethernet protocol type, but the meaning depends on the device type as described at <https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes/LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL2.html>.
The 1-based index of the interface this packet was observed on.
The device type as a Linux ARP hardware type <https://www.iana.org/assignments/arp-parameters/arp-parameters.xhtml>.
The SLL packet type. 

  # SLL_TYPE_UNICAST
  0, if the packet was specifically sent to us by somebody else;
  # SLL_TYPE_BROADCAST
  1, if the packet was broadcast by somebody else;
  # SLL_TYPE_MULTICAST
  2, if the packet was multicast, but not broadcast, by somebody else;
  # SLL_TYPE_SENT_TO_OTHER
  3, if the packet was sent to somebody else by somebody else;
  # SLL_TYPE_SENT_BY_US
  4, if the packet was sent by us.
Up to the first 8 bytes of the source link-layer address for this packet as a hex string.
The encapsulated data (payload) for this SLL2 packet.

Exports

none
The following tags group together related exportable items.
":types"
Re-exported from NetPacket::SLL for convenience.
":strip"
Import the strip function "sll2_strip".
":ALL"
All the above exportable items.

EXAMPLE

The following script prints the source address, device type, and protocol type of each packet to standard output.

  #!/usr/bin/perl
  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use Net::PcapUtils;
  use NetPacket::SLL2;
  sub process_pkt {
      my ($user, $hdr, $pkt) = @_;
      my $sll_obj = NetPacket::SLL2->decode($pkt);
      print("$sll_obj->{src_addr} $sll_obj->{htype} $sll_obj->{proto}\n");
  }
  Net::PcapUtils::loop(\&process_pkt);

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2021 Dan Book.

This module is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

AUTHOR

Dan Book <dbook@cpan.org>

2026-02-05 perl v5.42.0