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Packet sockets allow a program to more directly interface with the networking stack than standard Layer 4 Berkeley sockets (e.g. AF_INET + SOCK_STREAM, AF_INET6 + SOCK_DGRAM). | Packet sockets allow a program to more directly interface with the networking stack than standard Layer 4 Berkeley sockets (e.g. AF_INET + SOCK_STREAM, AF_INET6 + SOCK_DGRAM). | ||
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! Socket type | |||
! CAP_NET_ADMIN/root required? | |||
! Zero-copy? | |||
! Layers wholly directly specified | |||
! Layers partly directly specified | |||
|- | |||
| PACKET_TX_MMAP-enabled PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW | |||
| Y | |||
| Y | |||
| 2+ | |||
| 2+ | |||
|- | |||
| PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 2+ | |||
| 2+ | |||
|- | |||
| PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 3+ | |||
| 2+ | |||
|- | |||
| PF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 3+ | |||
| 3+ | |||
|- | |||
| IP_HDRINCL-enabled PF_INET, SOCK_RAW | |||
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW) | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 3+ | |||
| 3+ | |||
|- | |||
| PF_INET, SOCK_RAW | |||
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW) | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 4+ | |||
| 3+ | |||
|- | |||
| PF_INET | |||
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW, and only certain IP protocols are supported at all) | |||
| Y | |||
| N | |||
| 5+ | |||
| 3+ | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==PF_PACKET== | ==PF_PACKET== | ||
As described in <tt>packet(7)</tt>, this is a packet interface at the device level (Layer 2). The protocol field is either an [[Standards|IEEE 802.3]] protocol number (found in <tt>linux/if_ether.h</tt> or ETH_P_ALL in network byte order. The CAP_NET_RAW [[POSIX Capabilities|capability]] or UID 0 are requisite to open a packet socket. <tt>bind(2)</tt> can be used to select a single interface to use with the packet socket. | As described in <tt>packet(7)</tt>, this is a packet interface at the device level (Layer 2). The protocol field is either an [[Standards|IEEE 802.3]] protocol number (found in <tt>linux/if_ether.h</tt> or ETH_P_ALL in network byte order. The CAP_NET_RAW [[POSIX Capabilities|capability]] or UID 0 are requisite to open a packet socket. <tt>bind(2)</tt> can be used to select a single interface to use with the packet socket. | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 13 November 2011
Packet sockets allow a program to more directly interface with the networking stack than standard Layer 4 Berkeley sockets (e.g. AF_INET + SOCK_STREAM, AF_INET6 + SOCK_DGRAM).
| Socket type | CAP_NET_ADMIN/root required? | Zero-copy? | Layers wholly directly specified | Layers partly directly specified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACKET_TX_MMAP-enabled PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW | Y | Y | 2+ | 2+ |
| PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW | Y | N | 2+ | 2+ |
| PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM | Y | N | 3+ | 2+ |
| PF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW | Y | N | 3+ | 3+ |
| IP_HDRINCL-enabled PF_INET, SOCK_RAW
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW) |
Y | N | 3+ | 3+ |
| PF_INET, SOCK_RAW
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW) |
Y | N | 4+ | 3+ |
| PF_INET
(only one IP protocol per socket when protocol is other than IPPROTO_RAW, and only certain IP protocols are supported at all) |
Y | N | 5+ | 3+ |
PF_PACKET
As described in packet(7), this is a packet interface at the device level (Layer 2). The protocol field is either an IEEE 802.3 protocol number (found in linux/if_ether.h or ETH_P_ALL in network byte order. The CAP_NET_RAW capability or UID 0 are requisite to open a packet socket. bind(2) can be used to select a single interface to use with the packet socket.
SOCK_RAW
Raw packets including the link-level header.
SOCK_DGRAM
Cooked packets (common, protocol-independent link-layer header in a sockaddr_ll).
AF_INET/AF_INET6
The protocol field restricts the Layer 3 protocols which will be passed to the socket; IPPROTO_RAW can set arbitrary IP protocol values, and thus implies the IP_HDRINCL socket option.
SOCK_RAW
SOCK_PACKET
Obsolete since Linux 2.0.
