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Packet-o-matic NG

Packet-o-matic NG aka pom-ng is the new generation of packet-o-matic. It is a complete rewrite based on the previous version with improved architectural design and packet processing. Notable new features are multi-input support and multi-thread processing.

If you are looking for documentation about the old version of packet-o-matic, see here.

General

Installation : Step by step intstallation procedure
Getting started : Beginner's guide to pom-ng
Core : Documentation pom-ng's core including command line parameters and global parameters
Events : List of all events that can be generated
Lua : Lua API documentation
Features wishlist : List of features that need to be implemented
Troubleshooting : Troubleshooting steps for various problems

Modules

Here is a list of available modules.

Input

docsis : Read DOCSIS packets from a digital TV card
docsis_scan : Scan for DOCSIS streams using a digital TV card
dvb_atsc : Read MPEG-TS packets from an ATSC/QAM card
dvb_c : Read MPEG-TS packets from a DVB-C card aka digital TV card
dvb_device : Read MPEG-TS packets from a DVB device, used only for specific cards with proprietary drivers
dvb_s : Read MPEG-TS packets from a DVB-S device aka satellite card
kismet_drone : Connect to a Kismet drone
pcap_dir : Read packets from pcap files in a directory
pcap_file : Read packets from a pcap file
pcap_interface : Read packets from a network card

Output

file : Save parsed payloads into files
inject : Inject packets to an interface
log_txt : Save events into plain text files according a template
log_xml : Save events into XML files
pcap_file : Save packets into pcap files
pcap_flow : Save connections into separate pcap files
tap : Dumps packets to a virtual tap interface

Protocol

80211 : Parse 802.11 aka wireless frames
arp : Parse ARP packets
dns : Parse DNS packets
docsis : Parse DOCSIS aka cable modems packets
docsis_mgmt : Parse DOCSIS management packets
ethernet : Parse ethernet frames
gre : Parse GRE packets
http : Parse the HTTP protocol
icmp : Parse ICMP packets
icmp6 : Parse ICMPv6 packets
ipv4 : Parse IP (version 4) packets
ipv6 : Parse IPv6 packets
mpeg_dvb_mpe : Parse DVB MPE (Multi Protocol Encapsulation) packets found in MPEG traffic
mpeg_sect : Parse MPEG section packets
mpeg_ts : Parse MPEG-TS packets as defined in ISO/IEC 13818-1 or ITU-T Rec. H.222.0
ppp : Parse PPP packets
ppp_chap: Parse PPP-CHAP packets
ppp_pap: Parse PPP-PAP packets
pppoe : Parse PPPoE packets
radiotap : Parse radiotap packets used for encapsulating wireless (802.11) frames
smtp : Parse the SMTP protocol
tcp : Parse TCP packets
tftp : Parse TFTP packets
udp : Parse UDP datagrams
vlan : Parse VLAN aka 802.1q packets

Analyzer

arp : Analyze ARP packets
dns : Analyze DNS packets
docsis : Analyze DOCSIS packets
gif : Analyze GIF images
http : Analyze HTTP connections
http_post : Analyze HTTP POST payloads (form-urlencoded)
jpeg : Analyze JPEG images
multipart : Analyzer MIME multipart payloads
png : Analyze PNG images
ppp_chap : Analyze PPP-CHAP events
ppp_pap: Analyze PPP-PAP events
rfc822 : Analyzer RFC822 messages
smtp : Analyze SMTP connections
tftp : Analyze TFTP packets

Datastore

postgres : PostgreSQL backend
sqlite : SQLite backend

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