Table of Contents
Packet-o-matic (old version)
The below is only applicable to the old version called “packet-o-matic” and not pom-ng !
If you are looking for instructions about pom-ng, see here.
General
- Installation : All you need to know to install packet-o-matic
- Getting started : Quick steps to have it up and running
- Command reference : All the commands explained
- Rules syntax : Explains the rules syntax
- Tips and tricks : Some useful things to know
- Configuration examples : Some configuration examples
- XML-RPC interface : Documentation of the XML-RPC interface
- Datastore usage and configuration : Document how datastore works
- DVB/ATSC cards : List of DVB/ATSC cards which were tested
Modules
Input modules
The input modules are modules used to capture packets and process them. The following inputs are currently implemented :
Target
The target modules are modules used to process the packets and provide the desired output. The following targets are currently implemented :
- display : Show packet information
- dump_payload : Dump raw connection payload into separate files
- http : Dump content or log HTTP connections
- inject : Reinject packets on an interface
- irc : Dump IRC connection into separate files with irssi-like log format
- msn : Dump MSN conversations and various files
- null : Does nothing, used for debugging
- pcap : Save packets into pcap files useable for example by tcpdump and wireshark
- pop : Dump emails and login information from POP3 connections
- rtp : Dump VoIP traffic (RTP streams) into wave files
- tap : Create a virtual interface and send all the packets to it
- tcpkill : Send TCP RST packets to kill TCP connections
- tftp : Dump tftp traffic into files
Match
The match modules are modules used to identify the packets content and match fields in their headers. The following match are currently implemented :
- 80211 : Match wireless 802.11 frames
- docsis : Match DOCSIS frames
- docsis_mgmt : Match DOCSIS management frames
- ethernet : Match ethernet frames
- icmp : Match ICMP packets
- icmpv6 : Match ICMPv6 packets
- ipv4 : Match IPv4 packets commonly known as IP
- ipv6 : Match IPv6 packets, the next generation of the IP protocol
- linux_cooked : Match linux_cooked frames that are produced when sniffing special interfaces like PPP interfaces
- ppi : Match PPI headers (CACE wireless headers)
- ppp : Match PPP packets
- pppoe : Match PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) packets
- prism : Match prism2/AVS wireless headers
- radiotap : Match radiotap wireless headers
- rtp : Match RTP packets used in VoIP for both voice and video
- tcp : Match TCP segments
- undefined : Used internally to specify that the next layer has an unknown type
- udp : Match UDP datagrams
- vlan : Match 802.1Q frames aka VLAN frames
Helper
The helper modules are useful and sometimes mandatory to reassemble some streams. The following helper modules are implemented :
- docsis : Allow dynamic resizing of the payload in DOCSIS headers
- ipv4 : Reassemble IPv4 fragments into a single packet
- ipv6 : Allow dynamic resizing of the payload in IPv6 headers
- pppoe : Allow dynamic resizing of the payload in PPPoE packets
- rtp : Perform RTP reordering
- tcp : Perform TCP reassembly and reordering
Connection tracking
The connection tracking modules (aka conntrack) are used to identify to what connection a packet belongs and to store informations about this connection and retrieve them later.