Class Hierarchy

• object: The most base type
  • exceptions.BaseException: Common base class for all exceptions
    • exceptions.Exception: Common base class for all non-exit exceptions.
      • dpkt.dpkt.Error
        • dpkt.dpkt.PackError
        • dpkt.dpkt.UnpackError
          • dpkt.dpkt.NeedData
      • dpkt.ssl.SSL3Exception
  • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Capability
  • dpkt.ssl_ciphersuites.CipherSuite: Encapsulates a cipher suite.
  • dpkt.snoop.Reader: Simple pypcap-compatible snoop file reader.
  • dpkt.pcap.Reader: Simple pypcap-compatible pcap file reader.
  • dpkt.pcapng.Reader: Simple pypcap-compatible pcapng file reader.
  • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.MPReachNLRI.SNPA
  • dpkt.ssl.SSLFactory
  • unreachable.Temp
    • dpkt.dpkt.Packet: Base packet class, with metaclass magic to generate members from self.__hdr__.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.ACK
      • dpkt.ah.AH: Authentication Header.
      • dpkt.aoe.AOE: ATA over Ethernet Protocol.
      • dpkt.aoeata.AOEATA: ATA over Ethernet ATA command.
      • dpkt.aoecfg.AOECFG: ATA over Ethernet ATA command.
      • dpkt.arp.ARP: Address Resolution Protocol.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.ASPath
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.ASPath.ASPathSegment
      • dpkt.diameter.AVP
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC.Reply.Accept
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Action
      • dpkt.sccp.ActivateCallPlane
      • dpkt.cdp.CDP.Address
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.Aggregator
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.Antenna
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.AntennaNoise
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.AntennaSignal
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Assoc_Req
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Assoc_Resp
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.AtomicAggregate
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute
      • dpkt.rip.Auth
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Auth
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC.Auth
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Open.Parameter.Authentication
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP: Border Gateway Protocol.
      • dpkt.mrt.BGP4MPMessage
      • dpkt.mrt.BGP4MPMessage_32
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Beacon
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.BlockAck
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.BlockAckActionRequest
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.BlockAckActionResponse
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.BlockAckReq
      • dpkt.cdp.CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.CF
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.CFEnd
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.CTS
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC.Call
      • dpkt.sccp.CallInfo
      • dpkt.sccp.CallState
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Open.Parameter.Capability
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.Channel
      • dpkt.sctp.Chunk
      • dpkt.sccp.ClearPromptStatus
      • dpkt.sccp.CloseReceiveChannel
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.ClusterList
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.Communities
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.Communities.Community
      • dpkt.rfb.CutText
      • dpkt.dhcp.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
      • dpkt.dns.DNS: Domain Name System.
        • dpkt.netbios.NS: NetBIOS Name Service.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.DS
      • dpkt.dtp.DTP: Dynamic Trunking Protocol.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Data
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.DataFromDS
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.DataInterDS
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.DataToDS
      • dpkt.netbios.Datagram: NetBIOS Datagram Service.
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.DbAntennaNoise
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.DbAntennaSignal
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.DbTxAttenuation
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.DbmTxPower
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Deauth
      • dpkt.diameter.Diameter: Diameter.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Disassoc
      • dpkt.sccp.DisplayPromptStatus
      • dpkt.sccp.DisplayText
      • dpkt.esp.ESP: Encapsulated Security Protocol.
      • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.Echo
      • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.Echo
      • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.Error
        • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.ParamProb
        • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.TimeExceed
        • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.TooBig
        • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6.Unreach
      • dpkt.ethernet.Ethernet: Ethernet.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.FH
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.FHSS
      • dpkt.aim.FLAP: Frame Layer Protocol.
      • dpkt.snoop.FileHdr: snoop file header.
      • dpkt.pcap.FileHdr: pcap file header.
        • dpkt.pcap.LEFileHdr
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.Flags
      • dpkt.rfb.FramebufferUpdate
      • dpkt.rfb.FramebufferUpdateRequest
      • dpkt.gre.GRE: Generic Routing Encapsulation.
      • dpkt.gzip.Gzip
      • dpkt.gzip.GzipExtra
      • dpkt.h225.H225: ITU-T H.225.0 Call Signaling.
      • dpkt.hsrp.HSRP: Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.IBSS
      • dpkt.icmp.ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol.
      • dpkt.icmp6.ICMP6: Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.IE
      • dpkt.h225.H225.IE
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211: IEEE 802.11.
      • dpkt.igmp.IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol.
      • dpkt.ip.IP: Internet Protocol.
      • dpkt.ip6.IP6: Internet Protocol, version 6.
      • dpkt.ip6.IP6ExtensionHeader: An extension header is very similar to a 'sub-packet'.
        • dpkt.ip6.IP6AHHeader
        • dpkt.ip6.IP6ESPHeader
        • dpkt.ip6.IP6FragmentHeader
        • dpkt.ip6.IP6OptsHeader
          • dpkt.ip6.IP6DstOptsHeader
          • dpkt.ip6.IP6HopOptsHeader
        • dpkt.ip6.IP6RoutingHeader
      • dpkt.ipx.IPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Keepalive
      • dpkt.rfb.KeyEvent
      • dpkt.sccp.KeypadButton
      • dpkt.llc.LLC: 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) data communication protocol.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.LocalPref
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.LockQuality
      • dpkt.loopback.Loopback: Platform-dependent loopback header.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.MGMT_Frame
      • dpkt.ethernet.MPLSlabel: A single entry in MPLS label stack
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.MPReachNLRI
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.MPUnreachNLRI
      • dpkt.mrt.MRTHeader
      • dpkt.http.Message: Hypertext Transfer Protocol headers + body.
        • dpkt.http.Request: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Request.
          • dpkt.sip.Request: SIP request.
        • dpkt.http.Response: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Response.
          • dpkt.sip.Response: SIP response.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.MultiExitDisc
      • dpkt.ntp.NTP: Network Time Protocol.
      • dpkt.netflow.NetflowBase: Base class for Cisco Netflow packets.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow1: Netflow Version 1.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow5: Netflow Version 5.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow6: Netflow Version 6.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow7: Netflow Version 7.
      • dpkt.netflow.NetflowBase.NetflowRecordBase: Base class for netflow v1-v7 netflow records.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow1.NetflowRecord: Netflow v1 flow record.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow5.NetflowRecord: Netflow v5 flow record.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow6.NetflowRecord: Netflow v6 flow record.
        • dpkt.netflow.Netflow7.NetflowRecord: Netflow v6 flow record.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.NextHop
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Notification
      • dpkt.ospf.OSPF: Open Shortest Path First.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Open
      • dpkt.sccp.OpenReceiveChannel
      • dpkt.sccp.OpenReceiveChannelAck
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.Origin
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.OriginatorID
      • dpkt.pim.PIM: Protocol Independent Multicast.
      • dpkt.ppp.PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol.
        • dpkt.pppoe.PPP
      • dpkt.pppoe.PPPoE: PPP-over-Ethernet.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Open.Parameter
      • dpkt.pcapng.PcapngOption: A single Option
        • dpkt.pcapng.PcapngOptionLE
      • dpkt.pcap.PktHdr: pcap packet header.
        • dpkt.pcap.LEPktHdr
      • dpkt.snoop.PktHdr: snoop packet header.
      • dpkt.pmap.Pmap: Portmap / rpcbind.
      • dpkt.rfb.PointerEvent
      • dpkt.dns.DNS.Q: DNS question.
        • dpkt.netbios.NS.Q: DNS question.
        • dpkt.dns.DNS.RR: DNS resource record.
          • dpkt.netbios.NS.RR: NetBIOS resource record.
      • dpkt.qq.QQ3Packet
      • dpkt.qq.QQ5Packet
      • dpkt.qq.QQBasicPacket
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.QoS_Data
      • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.Quote
        • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.ParamProbe
        • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.Quench
        • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.Redirect
        • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.TimeExceed
        • dpkt.icmp.ICMP.Unreach
      • dpkt.radius.RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service.
      • dpkt.rfb.RFB: Remote Framebuffer Protocol.
      • dpkt.rip.RIP: Routing Information Protocol.
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC: Remote Procedure Call.
      • dpkt.rip.RTE
      • dpkt.rtp.RTP: Real-Time Transport Protocol.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.RTS
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap: Radiotap.
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.Rate
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.Reassoc_Req
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC.Reply.Reject
      • dpkt.rpc.RPC.Reply
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update.Attribute.Communities.ReservedCommunity
      • dpkt.bgp.RouteGeneric
      • dpkt.bgp.RouteIPV4
      • dpkt.bgp.RouteIPV6
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.RouteRefresh
      • dpkt.rx.Rx: Rx Protocol.
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.RxFlags
      • dpkt.sccp.SCCP: Cisco Skinny Client Control Protocol.
      • dpkt.sctp.SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol.
      • dpkt.sll.SLL: Linux libpcap "cooked" capture encapsulation.
      • dpkt.smb.SMB: Server Message Block.
      • dpkt.aim.SNAC: Simple Network Atomic Communication.
      • dpkt.gre.GRE.SRE
      • dpkt.ssl.SSL2
      • dpkt.stp.STP: Spanning Tree Protocol.
      • dpkt.stun.STUN: Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT.
      • dpkt.sccp.SelectStartKeys
      • dpkt.netbios.Session: NetBIOS Session Service.
      • dpkt.rfb.SetColourMapEntries
      • dpkt.rfb.SetEncodings
      • dpkt.sccp.SetLamp
      • dpkt.rfb.SetPixelFormat
      • dpkt.sccp.SetSpeakerMode
      • dpkt.sccp.StartMediaTransmission
      • dpkt.sccp.StartTone
      • dpkt.sccp.StopMediaTransmission
      • dpkt.tcp.TCP: Transmission Control Protocol.
      • dpkt.tftp.TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
      • dpkt.ieee80211.IEEE80211.TIM
      • dpkt.ssl.TLS
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSAlert
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSCertificate
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSChangeCipherSpec: ChangeCipherSpec message is just a single byte with value 1
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSClientHello
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSHandshake: A TLS Handshake message
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSHelloRequest
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSRecord: SSLv3 or TLSv1+ packet.
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSServerHello
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSUnknownHandshake
      • dpkt.cdp.CDP.TLV
      • dpkt.tns.TNS: Transparent Network Substrate.
      • dpkt.tpkt.TPKT: ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP (TPKT).
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.TSFT
      • dpkt.mrt.TableDump
      • dpkt.radiotap.Radiotap.TxAttenuation
      • dpkt.udp.UDP: User Datagram Protocol.
      • dpkt.bgp.BGP.Update
      • dpkt.ethernet.VLANtag8021Q: IEEE 802.1q VLAN tag
      • dpkt.ethernet.VLANtagISL: Cisco Inter-Switch Link VLAN tag
      • dpkt.vrrp.VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.
      • dpkt.yahoo.YHOO: Yahoo Messenger.
      • dpkt.yahoo.YMSG
      • dpkt.pcapng._PcapngBlock: Base class for a pcapng block with Options
        • dpkt.pcapng.EnhancedPacketBlock: Enhanced Packet block
          • dpkt.pcapng.EnhancedPacketBlockLE
        • dpkt.pcapng.InterfaceDescriptionBlock: Interface Description block
          • dpkt.pcapng.InterfaceDescriptionBlockLE
        • dpkt.pcapng.PcapngBlockLE
        • dpkt.pcapng.SectionHeaderBlock: Section Header block
          • dpkt.pcapng.SectionHeaderBlockLE
  • dpkt.ssl_ciphersuites.TestCipherSuites
  • dpkt.ssl.TestClientHello: This data is extracted from and verified by Wireshark
  • dpkt.decorators.TestDeprecatedDecorator
  • dpkt.gzip.TestGzip: This data is created with the gzip command line tool
  • dpkt.ssl.TestServerHello: Again, from Wireshark
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLS: Test basic TLS functionality.
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSAppData: AppData is basically just a string
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSCertificate: We use a 2016 certificate record from iana.org as test data.
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSChangeCipherSpec: It's just a byte.
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSHandshake
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSMultiFactory: Made up test data
  • dpkt.ssl.TestTLSRecord: Test basic TLSRecord functionality For this test, the contents of the record doesn't matter, since we're not parsing the next layer.
  • dpkt.pcap.Writer: Simple pcap dumpfile writer.
  • dpkt.snoop.Writer: Simple snoop dumpfile writer.
  • dpkt.pcapng.Writer: Simple pcapng dumpfile writer.
  • basestring: Type basestring cannot be instantiated; it is the base for str and unicode.
    • str: str(object='') -> string
      • dpkt.ssl.TLSAppData: As far as TLSRecord is concerned, AppData is just an opaque blob.
  • type: type(object) -> the object's type...
    • dpkt.dpkt._MetaPacket