import abc
import csv
import ipaddress
import os
import random
import random as rnd
import re
import socket
import sys
import tempfile
import time

# TODO: double check this import
# does it complain because libpcapreader is not a .py?
import ID2TLib.libpcapreader as pr
import lea
import numpy as np
import scapy.layers.inet as inet
import scapy.utils

import Attack.AttackParameters as atkParam
import ID2TLib.Utility as Util


class BaseAttack(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
    """
    Abstract base class for all attack classes. Provides basic functionalities, like parameter validation.
    """

    def __init__(self, name, description, attack_type):
        """
        To be called within the individual attack class to initialize the required parameters.

        :param name: The name of the attack class.
        :param description: A short description of the attack.
        :param attack_type: The type the attack belongs to, like probing/scanning, malware.
        """
        # Reference to statistics class
        self.statistics = None

        # Class fields
        self.attack_name = name
        self.attack_description = description
        self.attack_type = attack_type
        self.params = {}
        self.supported_params = {}
        self.attack_start_utime = 0
        self.attack_end_utime = 0
        self.start_time = 0
        self.finish_time = 0
        self.packets = []
        self.path_attack_pcap = ""

    def set_statistics(self, statistics):
        """
        Specify the statistics object that will be used to calculate the parameters of this attack.
        The statistics are used to calculate default parameters and to process user supplied
        queries.

        :param statistics: Reference to a statistics object.
        """
        self.statistics = statistics

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def init_params(self):
        """
        Initialize all required parameters taking into account user supplied values. If no value is supplied,
        or if a user defined query is supplied, use a statistics object to do the calculations.
        A call to this function requires a call to 'set_statistics' first.
        """
        pass

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def generate_attack_packets(self):
        """
        Creates the attack packets.
        """
        pass

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def generate_attack_pcap(self):
        """
        Creates a pcap containing the attack packets.

        :return: The location of the generated pcap file.
        """
        pass

    ################################################
    # HELPER VALIDATION METHODS
    # Used to validate the given parameter values
    ################################################

    @staticmethod
    def _is_mac_address(mac_address: str):
        """
        Verifies if the given string is a valid MAC address.
        Accepts the formats 00:80:41:ae:fd:7e and 00-80-41-ae-fd-7e.

        :param mac_address: The MAC address as string.
        :return: True if the MAC address is valid, otherwise False.
        """
        pattern = re.compile('^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$', re.MULTILINE)
        if isinstance(mac_address, list):
            for mac in mac_address:
                if re.match(pattern, mac) is None:
                    return False
        else:
            if re.match(pattern, mac_address) is None:
                return False

        return True

    @staticmethod
    def _is_ip_address(ip_address: str):
        """
        Verifies that the given string or list of IP addresses (strings) is a valid IPv4/IPv6 address.
        Accepts comma-separated lists of IP addresses, like "192.169.178.1, 192.168.178.2"

        :param ip_address: The IP address(es) as list of strings, comma-separated or dash-separated string.
        :return: True if all IP addresses are valid, otherwise False. And a list of IP addresses as string.
        """

        def append_ips(ip_address_input):
            """
            Recursive appending function to handle lists and ranges of IP addresses.

            :param ip_address_input: The IP address(es) as list of strings, comma-separated or dash-separated string.
            :return: List of all given IP addresses.
            """
            ip_list = []
            is_valid = True
            for ip in ip_address_input:
                if '-' in ip:
                    ip_range = ip.split('-')
                    ip_range = Util.get_ip_range(ip_range[0], ip_range[1])
                    is_valid, ips = append_ips(ip_range)
                    ip_list.extend(ips)
                else:
                    try:
                        ipaddress.ip_address(ip)
                        ip_list.append(ip)
                    except ValueError:
                        return False, ip_list
            return is_valid, ip_list

        # a comma-separated list of IP addresses must be split first
        if isinstance(ip_address, str):
            ip_address = ip_address.split(',')

        result, ip_address_output = append_ips(ip_address)

        if len(ip_address_output) == 1:
            return result, ip_address_output[0]
        else:
            return result, ip_address_output

    @staticmethod
    def _is_port(ports_input: str):
        """
        Verifies if the given value is a valid port. Accepts port ranges, like 80-90, 80..99, 80...99.

        :param ports_input: The port number as int or string.
        :return: True if the port number is valid, otherwise False. If a single port or a comma-separated list of ports
        was given, a list of int is returned. If a port range was given, the range is resolved
        and a list of int is returned.
        """

        def _is_invalid_port(num):
            """
            Checks whether the port number is invalid.

            :param num: The port number as int.
            :return: True if the port number is invalid, otherwise False.
            """
            return num < 1 or num > 65535

        if ports_input is None or ports_input is "":
            return False

        if isinstance(ports_input, str):
            ports_input = ports_input.replace(' ', '').split(',')
        elif isinstance(ports_input, int):
            ports_input = [ports_input]
        elif len(ports_input) is 0:
            return False

        ports_output = []

        for port_entry in ports_input:
            if isinstance(port_entry, int):
                if _is_invalid_port(port_entry):
                    return False
                ports_output.append(port_entry)
            # TODO: validate last condition
            elif isinstance(port_entry, str) and port_entry.isdigit():
                # port_entry describes a single port
                port_entry = int(port_entry)
                if _is_invalid_port(port_entry):
                    return False
                ports_output.append(port_entry)
            elif '-' in port_entry or '..' in port_entry:
                # port_entry describes a port range
                # allowed format: '1-49151', '1..49151', '1...49151'
                match = re.match(r'^([0-9]{1,5})(?:-|\.{2,3})([0-9]{1,5})$', str(port_entry))
                # check validity of port range
                # and create list of ports derived from given start and end port
                (port_start, port_end) = int(match.group(1)), int(match.group(2))
                if _is_invalid_port(port_start) or _is_invalid_port(port_end):
                    return False
                else:
                    ports_list = [i for i in range(port_start, port_end + 1)]
                # append ports at ports_output list
                ports_output += ports_list

        if len(ports_output) == 1:
            return True, ports_output[0]
        else:
            return True, ports_output

    @staticmethod
    def _is_timestamp(timestamp: str):
        """
        Checks whether the given value is in a valid timestamp format. The accepted format is:
        YYYY-MM-DD h:m:s, whereas h, m, s may be one or two digits.

        :param timestamp: The timestamp to be checked.
        :return: True if the timestamp is valid, otherwise False.
        """
        is_valid = re.match(r'[0-9]{4}(?:-[0-9]{1,2}){2} (?:[0-9]{1,2}:){2}[0-9]{1,2}', timestamp)
        return is_valid is not None

    @staticmethod
    def _is_boolean(value):
        """
        Checks whether the given value (string or bool) is a boolean. Strings are valid booleans if they are in:
        {y, yes, t, true, on, 1, n, no, f, false, off, 0}.

        :param value: The value to be checked.
        :return: True if the value is a boolean, otherwise false. And the casted boolean.
        """
        # If value is already a boolean
        if isinstance(value, bool):
            return True, value

        # If value is a string
        # True values are y, yes, t, true, on and 1;
        # False values are n, no, f, false, off and 0.
        # Raises ValueError if value is anything else.
        try:
            import distutils.core
            import distutils.util
            value = distutils.util.strtobool(value.lower())
            is_bool = True
        except ValueError:
            is_bool = False
        return is_bool, value

    @staticmethod
    def _is_float(value):
        """
        Checks whether the given value is a float.

        :param value: The value to be checked.
        :return: True if the value is a float, otherwise False. And the casted float.
        """
        try:
            value = float(value)
            return True, value
        except ValueError:
            return False, value

    @staticmethod
    def _is_domain(val: str):
        """
        Verifies that the given string is a valid URI.

        :param val: The URI as string.
        :return: True if URI is valid, otherwise False.
        """
        domain = re.match(r'^(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\(\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+$', val)
        return domain is not None

    #########################################
    # HELPER METHODS
    #########################################

    @staticmethod
    def set_seed(seed):
        """
        :param seed: The random seed to be set.
        """
        seed_final = None
        if isinstance(seed, int):
            seed_final = seed
        elif isinstance(seed, str):
            if seed.isdigit():
                seed_final = int(seed)
            else:
                hashed_seed = hashlib.sha1(seed.encode()).digest()
                seed_final = int.from_bytes(hashed_seed, byteorder="little")

        if seed_final:
            random.seed(seed_final)
            np.random.seed(seed_final & 0xFFFFFFFF)

    def set_start_time(self):
        """
        Set the current time as global starting time.
        """
        self.start_time = time.time()

    def set_finish_time(self):
        """
        Set the current time as global finishing time.
        """
        self.finish_time = time.time()

    def get_packet_generation_time(self):
        """
        :return difference between starting and finishing time.
        """
        return self.finish_time - self.start_time

    def add_param_value(self, param, value):
        """
        Adds the pair param : value to the dictionary of attack parameters. Prints and error message and skips the
        parameter if the validation fails.

        :param param: Name of the parameter that we wish to modify.
        :param value: The value we wish to assign to the specified parameter.
        :return: None.
        """
        # This function call is valid only if there is a statistics object available.
        if self.statistics is None:
            print('Error: Attack parameter added without setting a statistics object first.')
            exit(1)

        # by default no param is valid
        is_valid = False

        # get AttackParameters instance associated with param
        # for default values assigned in attack classes, like Parameter.PORT_OPEN
        if isinstance(param, atkParam.Parameter):
            param_name = param
        # for values given by user input, like port.open
        else:
            # Get Enum key of given string identifier
            param_name = atkParam.Parameter(param)

        # Get parameter type of attack's required_params
        param_type = self.supported_params.get(param_name)

        # Verify validity of given value with respect to parameter type
        if param_type is None:
            print('Parameter ' + str(param_name) + ' not available for chosen attack. Skipping parameter.')

        # If value is query -> get value from database
        elif param_name != atkParam.Parameter.INTERVAL_SELECT_STRATEGY and self.statistics.is_query(value):
            value = self.statistics.process_db_query(value, False)
            if value is not None and value is not "":
                is_valid = True
            else:
                print('Error in given parameter value: ' + str(value) + '. Data could not be retrieved.')

        # Validate parameter depending on parameter's type
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_IP_ADDRESS:
            is_valid, value = self._is_ip_address(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_PORT:
            is_valid, value = self._is_port(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_MAC_ADDRESS:
            is_valid = self._is_mac_address(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_INTEGER_POSITIVE:
            if isinstance(value, int) and int(value) >= 0:
                is_valid = True
            elif isinstance(value, str) and value.isdigit() and int(value) >= 0:
                is_valid = True
                value = int(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_STRING:
            if isinstance(value, str):
                is_valid = True
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_FLOAT:
            is_valid, value = self._is_float(value)
            # this is required to avoid that the timestamp's microseconds of the first attack packet is '000000'
            # but microseconds are only chosen randomly if the given parameter does not already specify it
            # e.g. inject.at-timestamp=123456.987654 -> is not changed
            # e.g. inject.at-timestamp=123456 -> is changed to: 123456.[random digits]
            if param_name == atkParam.Parameter.INJECT_AT_TIMESTAMP and is_valid and ((value - int(value)) == 0):
                value = value + random.uniform(0, 0.999999)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
            is_valid = self._is_timestamp(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_BOOLEAN:
            is_valid, value = self._is_boolean(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_PACKET_POSITION:
            ts = pr.pcap_processor(self.statistics.pcap_filepath, "False").get_timestamp_mu_sec(int(value))
            if 0 <= int(value) <= self.statistics.get_packet_count() and ts >= 0:
                is_valid = True
                param_name = atkParam.Parameter.INJECT_AT_TIMESTAMP
                value = (ts / 1000000)  # convert microseconds from getTimestampMuSec into seconds
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_DOMAIN:
            is_valid = self._is_domain(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_FILEPATH:
            is_valid = os.path.isfile(value)
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_PERCENTAGE:
            is_valid_float, value = self._is_float(value)
            if is_valid_float:
                is_valid = value >= 0 and value <= 1
            else:
                is_valid = False
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_PADDING:
            if isinstance(value, int):
                is_valid = value >= 0 and value <= 100
            elif isinstance(value, str) and value.isdigit():
                value = int(value)
                is_valid = value >= 0 and value <= 100
        elif param_type == atkParam.ParameterTypes.TYPE_INTERVAL_SELECT_STRAT:
            is_valid = value in {"random", "optimal", "custom"}


        # add value iff validation was successful
        if is_valid:
            self.params[param_name] = value
        else:
            print("ERROR: Parameter " + str(param) + " or parameter value " + str(value) +
                  " not valid. Skipping parameter.")

    def get_param_value(self, param: atkParam.Parameter):
        """
        Returns the parameter value for a given parameter.

        :param param: The parameter whose value is wanted.
        :return: The parameter's value.
        """
        return self.params.get(param)

    def check_parameters(self):
        """
        Checks whether all parameter values are defined. If a value is not defined, the application is terminated.
        However, this should not happen as all attack should define default parameter values.
        """
        # parameters which do not require default values
        non_obligatory_params = [atkParam.Parameter.INJECT_AFTER_PACKET, atkParam.Parameter.NUMBER_ATTACKERS]
        for param, param_type in self.supported_params.items():
            # checks whether all params have assigned values, INJECT_AFTER_PACKET must not be considered because the
            # timestamp derived from it is set to Parameter.INJECT_AT_TIMESTAMP
            if param not in self.params.keys() and param not in non_obligatory_params:
                print("\033[91mCRITICAL ERROR: Attack '" + self.attack_name + "' does not define the parameter '" +
                      str(param) + "'.\n The attack must define default values for all parameters."
                      + "\n Cannot continue attack generation.\033[0m")
                import sys
                sys.exit(0)

    def write_attack_pcap(self, packets: list, append_flag: bool = False, destination_path: str = None):
        """
        Writes the attack's packets into a PCAP file with a temporary filename.

        :return: The path of the written PCAP file.
        """
        # Only check params initially when attack generation starts
        if append_flag is False and destination_path is None:
            # Check if all req. parameters are set
            self.check_parameters()

        # Determine destination path
        if destination_path is not None and os.path.exists(destination_path):
            destination = destination_path
        else:
            temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix='.pcap')
            destination = temp_file.name

        # Write packets into pcap file
        pktdump = scapy.utils.PcapWriter(destination, append=append_flag)
        pktdump.write(packets)

        # Store pcap path and close file objects
        pktdump.close()

        return destination

    def get_reply_delay(self, ip_dst):
        """
           Gets the minimum and the maximum reply delay for all the connections of a specific IP.

           :param ip_dst: The IP to reterive its reply delay.
           :return minDelay: minimum delay
           :return maxDelay: maximum delay

           """
        result = self.statistics.process_db_query(
            "SELECT AVG(minDelay), AVG(maxDelay) FROM conv_statistics WHERE ipAddressB='" + ip_dst + "';")
        if result[0][0] and result[0][1]:
            min_delay = result[0][0]
            max_delay = result[0][1]
        else:
            all_min_delays = self.statistics.process_db_query("SELECT minDelay FROM conv_statistics LIMIT 500;")
            min_delay = np.median(all_min_delays)
            all_max_delays = self.statistics.process_db_query("SELECT maxDelay FROM conv_statistics LIMIT 500;")
            max_delay = np.median(all_max_delays)
        min_delay = int(min_delay) * 10 ** -6  # convert from micro to seconds
        max_delay = int(max_delay) * 10 ** -6
        return min_delay, max_delay

    @staticmethod
    def packets_to_convs(exploit_raw_packets):
        """
           Classifies a bunch of packets to conversations groups. A conversation is a set of packets go between host A
           (IP,port) to host B (IP,port)

           :param exploit_raw_packets: A set of packets contains several conversations.
           :return conversations: A set of arrays, each array contains the packet of specifc conversation
           :return orderList_conversations: An array contains the conversations ids (IP_A,port_A, IP_b,port_B) in the
           order they appeared in the original packets.
           """
        conversations = {}
        order_list_conversations = []
        for pkt_num, pkt in enumerate(exploit_raw_packets):
            eth_frame = inet.Ether(pkt[0])

            ip_pkt = eth_frame.payload
            ip_dst = ip_pkt.getfieldval("dst")
            ip_src = ip_pkt.getfieldval("src")

            tcp_pkt = ip_pkt.payload
            port_dst = tcp_pkt.getfieldval("dport")
            port_src = tcp_pkt.getfieldval("sport")

            conv_req = (ip_src, port_src, ip_dst, port_dst)
            conv_rep = (ip_dst, port_dst, ip_src, port_src)
            if conv_req not in conversations and conv_rep not in conversations:
                pkt_list = [pkt]
                conversations[conv_req] = pkt_list
                # Order list of conv
                order_list_conversations.append(conv_req)
            else:
                if conv_req in conversations:
                    pkt_list = conversations[conv_req]
                    pkt_list.append(pkt)
                    conversations[conv_req] = pkt_list
                else:
                    pkt_list = conversations[conv_rep]
                    pkt_list.append(pkt)
                    conversations[conv_rep] = pkt_list
        return conversations, order_list_conversations

    @staticmethod
    def is_valid_ip_address(addr):
        """
        Checks if the IP address family is supported.

        :param addr: IP address to be checked.
        :return: Boolean
        """
        try:
            socket.inet_aton(addr)
            return True
        except socket.error:
            return False

    @staticmethod
    def ip_src_dst_equal_check(ip_source, ip_destination):
        """
        Checks if the source IP and destination IP are equal.

        :param ip_source: source IP address.
        :param ip_destination: destination IP address.
        """
        equal = False
        if isinstance(ip_source, list):
            if ip_destination in ip_source:
                equal = True
        else:
            if ip_source == ip_destination:
                equal = True
        if equal:
            print("\nERROR: Invalid IP addresses; source IP is the same as destination IP: " + ip_destination + ".")
            sys.exit(0)

    @staticmethod
    def get_inter_arrival_time(packets, distribution: bool = False):
        """
        Gets the inter-arrival times array and its distribution of a set of packets.

        :param packets: the packets to extract their inter-arrival time.
        :param distribution: build distribution dictionary or not
        :return inter_arrival_times: array of the inter-arrival times
        :return dict: the inter-arrival time distribution as a histogram {inter-arrival time:frequency}
        """
        inter_arrival_times = []
        prvs_pkt_time = 0
        for index, pkt in enumerate(packets):
            timestamp = pkt[2][0] + pkt[2][1] / 10 ** 6

            if index == 0:
                prvs_pkt_time = timestamp
                inter_arrival_times.append(0)
            else:
                inter_arrival_times.append(timestamp - prvs_pkt_time)
                prvs_pkt_time = timestamp

        if distribution:
            # Build a distribution dictionary
            freq, values = np.histogram(inter_arrival_times, bins=20)
            dist_dict = {}
            for i, val in enumerate(values):
                if i < len(freq):
                    dist_dict[str(val)] = freq[i]
            return inter_arrival_times, dist_dict
        else:
            return inter_arrival_times

    @staticmethod
    def clean_white_spaces(str_param):
        """
        Delete extra backslash from white spaces. This function is used to process the payload of packets.

        :param str_param: the payload to be processed.
        """
        str_param = str_param.replace("\\n", "\n")
        str_param = str_param.replace("\\r", "\r")
        str_param = str_param.replace("\\t", "\t")
        str_param = str_param.replace("\\\'", "\'")
        return str_param

    def modify_http_header(self, str_tcp_seg, orig_target_uri, target_uri, orig_ip_dst, target_host):
        """
        Substitute the URI and HOST in a HTTP header with new values.

        :param str_tcp_seg: the payload to be processed.
        :param orig_target_uri: old URI
        :param target_uri: new URI
        :param orig_ip_dst: old host
        :param target_host: new host
        """
        if len(str_tcp_seg) > 0:
            # convert payload bytes to str => str = "b'..\\r\\n..'"
            str_tcp_seg = str_tcp_seg[2:-1]
            str_tcp_seg = str_tcp_seg.replace(orig_target_uri, target_uri)
            str_tcp_seg = str_tcp_seg.replace(orig_ip_dst, target_host)
            str_tcp_seg = self.clean_white_spaces(str_tcp_seg)
        return str_tcp_seg

    def get_ip_data(self, ip_address: str):
        """
        :param ip_address: the ip of which (packet-)data shall be returned
        :return: MSS, TTL and Window Size values of the given IP
        """
        # Set MSS (Maximum Segment Size) based on MSS distribution of IP address
        mss_dist = self.statistics.get_mss_distribution(ip_address)
        if len(mss_dist) > 0:
            mss_prob_dict = lea.Lea.fromValFreqsDict(mss_dist)
            mss_value = mss_prob_dict.random()
        else:
            mss_value = Util.handle_most_used_outputs(self.statistics.process_db_query("most_used(mssValue)"))

        # Set TTL based on TTL distribution of IP address
        ttl_dist = self.statistics.get_ttl_distribution(ip_address)
        if len(ttl_dist) > 0:
            ttl_prob_dict = lea.Lea.fromValFreqsDict(ttl_dist)
            ttl_value = ttl_prob_dict.random()
        else:
            ttl_value = Util.handle_most_used_outputs(self.statistics.process_db_query("most_used(ttlValue)"))

        # Set Window Size based on Window Size distribution of IP address
        win_dist = self.statistics.get_win_distribution(ip_address)
        if len(win_dist) > 0:
            win_prob_dict = lea.Lea.fromValFreqsDict(win_dist)
            win_value = win_prob_dict.random()
        else:
            win_value = Util.handle_most_used_outputs(self.statistics.process_db_query("most_used(winSize)"))

        return mss_value, ttl_value, win_value

    #########################################
    # RANDOM IP/MAC ADDRESS GENERATORS
    #########################################

    @staticmethod
    def generate_random_ipv4_address(ip_class, n: int = 1):
        # TODO: document ip_class
        """
        Generates n random IPv4 addresses.

        :param ip_class:
        :param n: The number of IP addresses to be generated
        :return: A single IP address, or if n>1, a list of IP addresses
        """

        def is_invalid(ip_address_param: ipaddress.IPv4Address):
            return ip_address_param.is_multicast or ip_address_param.is_unspecified or ip_address_param.is_loopback or \
                   ip_address_param.is_link_local or ip_address_param.is_reserved or ip_address_param.is_private

        # Generate a random IP from specific class
        def generate_address(ip_class_param):
            if ip_class_param == "Unknown":
                return ipaddress.IPv4Address(random.randint(0, 2 ** 32 - 1))
            else:
                # For DDoS attack, we do not generate private IPs
                if "private" in ip_class_param:
                    ip_class_param = ip_class_param[0]  # convert A-private to A
                ip_classes_byte1 = {"A": {1, 126}, "B": {128, 191}, "C": {192, 223}, "D": {224, 239}, "E": {240, 254}}
                temp = list(ip_classes_byte1[ip_class_param])
                min_b1 = temp[0]
                max_b1 = temp[1]
                b1 = random.randint(min_b1, max_b1)
                b2 = random.randint(1, 255)
                b3 = random.randint(1, 255)
                b4 = random.randint(1, 255)

                ip_address = ipaddress.IPv4Address(str(b1) + "." + str(b2) + "." + str(b3) + "." + str(b4))

            return ip_address

        ip_addresses = []
        for i in range(0, n):
            address = generate_address(ip_class)
            while is_invalid(address):
                address = generate_address(ip_class)
            ip_addresses.append(str(address))

        if n == 1:
            return ip_addresses[0]
        else:
            return ip_addresses

    @staticmethod
    def generate_random_ipv6_address(n: int = 1):
        """
        Generates n random IPv6 addresses.

        :param n: The number of IP addresses to be generated
        :return: A single IP address, or if n>1, a list of IP addresses
        """

        def is_invalid(ip_address: ipaddress.IPv6Address):
            return ip_address.is_multicast or ip_address.is_unspecified or ip_address.is_loopback or \
                   ip_address.is_link_local or ip_address.is_private or ip_address.is_reserved

        def generate_address():
            return ipaddress.IPv6Address(random.randint(0, 2 ** 128 - 1))

        ip_addresses = []
        for i in range(0, n):
            address = generate_address()
            while is_invalid(address):
                address = generate_address()
            ip_addresses.append(str(address))

        if n == 1:
            return ip_addresses[0]
        else:
            return ip_addresses

    @staticmethod
    def generate_random_mac_address(n: int = 1):
        """
        Generates n random MAC addresses.

        :param n: The number of MAC addresses to be generated.
        :return: A single MAC addres, or if n>1, a list of MAC addresses
        """

        def is_invalid(address_param: str):
            first_octet = int(address_param[0:2], 16)
            is_multicast_address = bool(first_octet & 0b01)
            is_locally_administered = bool(first_octet & 0b10)
            return is_multicast_address or is_locally_administered

        def generate_address():
            # FIXME: cleanup
            mac = [random.randint(0x00, 0xff) for i in range(0, 6)]
            return ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac))

        mac_addresses = []
        for i in range(0, n):
            address = generate_address()
            while is_invalid(address):
                address = generate_address()
            mac_addresses.append(address)

        if n == 1:
            return mac_addresses[0]
        else:
            return mac_addresses

    @staticmethod
    def get_ports_from_nmap_service_dst(ports_num):
        """
        Read the most ports_num frequently open ports from nmap-service-tcp file to be used in the port scan.

        :return: Ports numbers to be used as default destination ports or default open ports in the port scan.
        """
        ports_dst = []
        file = open(Util.RESOURCE_DIR + 'nmap-services-tcp.csv', 'rt')
        spamreader = csv.reader(file, delimiter=',')
        for count in range(ports_num):
            # escape first row (header)
            next(spamreader)
            # save ports numbers
            ports_dst.append(next(spamreader)[0])
        file.close()
        # rnd.shuffle ports numbers partially
        if ports_num == 1000:  # used for port.dst
            # FIXME: cleanup
            temp_array = [[0 for i in range(10)] for i in range(100)]
            port_dst_shuffled = []
            for count in range(0, 10):
                temp_array[count] = ports_dst[count * 100:(count + 1) * 100]
                rnd.shuffle(temp_array[count])
                port_dst_shuffled += temp_array[count]
        else:  # used for port.open
            rnd.shuffle(ports_dst)
            port_dst_shuffled = ports_dst
        return port_dst_shuffled