On 07/04/17 06:07, Some Developer wrote: > How would I go about writing a Python 3.6 script for Windows that would > sniff the network traffic and take the individual packets and then > reassemble them into something that is useful data?
That is definitely possible using Python although it is fairly advanced networking code. Certainly further than I've ever gone using Python. > I was thinking of installing Wireshark to have a look at the network > communications but I wasn't really sure what I would do with the data. > Are there any library functions in Python 3.6 that would help with this > task? For sure, but I'd definitely install wireshark, if nothing else its likely to be near essential in debugging your code. > Also does the Python script require admin permissions for this to work > or can it run as a normal user? It doesn't matter if it does require > admin permissions but it would be better for my users if it didn't > require admin permissions. That's more likely to be a feature of the OS and who is running the code producing the data. Unless everything is running as your user account I'd suspect admin privileges will be necessary - in fact I'd hope so! > there are any books on the subject that would be even better as I like > reading books on programming subjects. My two main sources for Python networking are: Python Network Programming by Goerzen, published by APress This is a great intro to the general theory of network programming as well as the Python specifics. If you are already familiar with networking through say, the classic Stephens books on C networking, then this will be familiar ground. Its good if you want to understand what you are doing rather than just copy somebody else's code. Programming Python 4th edition. A monster book (1600 pages?) with about 500 pages dedicated to networking. It's a book within a book! A bjt less background theory, more code. If you like books this is a great value buy since it also covers GUI/Tkinter(400 pages) and Systems programming (200 pages) as well as miscellaneous other topics. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
