ShadowAssasin

Has anyone ever used raw sockets in python?

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glimmy

Just import the socket module
if found a link to this tutorial in the python docs at python.org:
http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/sockets/

ShadowAssasin

Thanks, I asked if anyone has used it.
And, thats a tutorial on basic socket usage; it doesn't mention raw sockets.

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Arevos

Same thing. It's practically a direct mapping to the standard socket functions in C, so it's about as raw as one can achieve.

I've programmed sockets in C before, though I haven't really touched them in Python. It's usually easier to use a prewritten library or networking framework.

Sane

Just search for some posts in this forum by me. I've posted up several things that use sockets.

This includes an FTP client, an FTP server, an HTTP server, and I believe, I may have posted an HTTP client and file client/server here as well.

Dameon

SOCK_RAW constant for the type parameter to the socket() call. It seems to be almost identical to the ever-so-popular Berkley Socket API. Note that raw sockets will likely require special permissions/not be available on all platforms.

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GoldenArms

While using a socket, how can I recieve all the output generated by a host Im communicating with without having to specify the amount af bytes to read? (like socket.recieve(1024)) python has a good telnet module that has a function called "read_until()" which reads the output until a specified character is read and stops. This isn't too reliable because the character might not be there in the event something unexpected happens. Anyone know how I can just read all of the output?
(oh i also tried a "while buffer >= 1" loop but it just hung )

DaWei

Probably best to start a new thread, rather than hijack another.

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