CCats/daemon/src/Sniffer.cpp

#include "../include/Sniffer.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

Sniffer::Sniffer(const std::string &interfaceName) {
  Tins::SnifferConfiguration config;
  config.set_promisc_mode(true);

  try {
    sniffer = new Tins::Sniffer(interfaceName, config);
  } catch (const Tins::pcap_error &e) {
    std::cerr << "An error accured setting up the sniffer: " << e.what()
              << std::endl;
    std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
}

Sniffer::~Sniffer() {
  sniffer->stop_sniff();
  delete (sniffer);
}

void Sniffer::startSniffing() {
  sniffer->sniff_loop(make_sniffer_handler(this, &Sniffer::handle));
}

void Sniffer::setFilter(const std::string &filterString) {
  sniffer->set_filter(filterString);
}

bool Sniffer::handle(Tins::PDU &pdu) {
  // TODO implement handler for sniffed traffic

  std::cout << "packet sniffed" << std::endl;

  return false; // will stop sniffing after the first packet because this
                // handler returns false
}