Version 0.1.3
A Python implementation of a DHCP client and the tools to manipulate DHCP packets. Includes:
- A parser of DHCP packets, returning Python objects
- Supports for all DHCP options in RFC 2132
- A rudimentary DHCP client
pip install dhcppython
- Python 3.8.0 or higher
NOTE: This has been tested on Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows WSL. May or may not work on other platforms.
Two files contribute to the packet parsing: dhcppython.packet
and dhcppython.options
. For most operations only dhcppython.packet
will be required.
The main class in dhcppython.packet
is the DHCPPacket
. The DHCPPacket
class contains multiple constructors for parsing and constructing DHCP packets.
Given a DHCP packet in bytes
format (such as what you would get from reading a DHCP packet straight from a socket) a DHCPPacket object can be instantiated by calling the from_bytes
and supplying the bytes.
>>> pkt = dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket.from_bytes(b'\x01\x01\x06\x00\xea\xbe\xc3\x97\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x8cE\x00E\x12\t\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00c\x82Sc5\x01\x01=\x07\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t9\x02\x05\xdc<\x0eandroid-dhcp-9\x0c\tGalaxy-S97\n\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+\xff')
>>> pkt
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=3938370455, secs=1, flags=0, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='8C:45:00:45:12:09', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01'), ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t'), MaxDHCPMessageSize(code=57, length=2, data=b'\x05\xdc'), VendorClassIdentifier(code=60, length=14, data=b'android-dhcp-9'), Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9'), ParameterRequestList(code=55, length=10, data=b'\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+'), End(code=255, length=0, data=b'')]))
Given a DHCPPacket object you can easily output the corresponding DHCP packet in wireformat by accessing the asbytes
attribute of the object.
>>> pkt.asbytes
b'\x01\x01\x06\x00\xea\xbe\xc3\x97\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x8cE\x00E\x12\t\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00c\x82Sc5\x01\x01=\x07\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t9\x02\x05\xdc<\x0eandroid-dhcp-9\x0c\tGalaxy-S97\n\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+\xff'
This bytes output is suitable for sending over a socket to a DHCP server.
- The default, low level, constructor (not recommended):
>>> pkt = dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket(op="BOOTREQUEST", htype="ETHERNET", hlen=6, hops=0, xid=123456, secs=0, flags=0, ciaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address(0), yiaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address(0), siaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address(0), giaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address(0), chaddr="DE:AD:BE:EF:C0:DE", sname=b'', file=b'', options=dhcppython.options.OptionList([dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(53, "DHCPDISCOVER")]))
>>> pkt
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=123456, secs=0, flags=0, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='DE:AD:BE:EF:C0:DE', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')]))
- Higher level constructors specific to the four main DHCP message types: DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, ACK:
>>> dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket.Discover('de:ad:be:ef:c0:de')
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=4249353806, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')]))
>>> dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket.Offer('de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', seconds=0, tx_id=4249353806, yiaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.168.56.4'))
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREPLY', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=4249353806, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('192.168.56.4'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x02')]))
>>> dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket.Request('de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', seconds=0, tx_id=4249353806)
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=4249353806, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x03')]))
>>> dhcppython.packet.DHCPPacket.Ack('de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', seconds=0, tx_id=4249353806, yiaddr=ipaddress.IPv4Address('192.168.56.4'))
DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREPLY', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=4249353806, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('192.168.56.4'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x05')]))
This module provides classes for:
- All DHCP options described in RFC 2132
- An unknown option class for options not encoded
- An abstract Option class that is easily extendable if additional options are required
- A data structure for mananging DHCP options - the
OptionList
- An higher lever Option factory - the
OptionDirectory
A high level API is provided by the dhcppython.options.options
object and the Option class:
- Create an options object from bytes by calling the
bytes_to_object
method
>>> opt = dhcppython.options.options.bytes_to_object(b"\x3d\x07\x01\x8c\x45\x00\x45\x12\x09")
>>> opt
ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t')
- Get a human readable dict of an options object value
>>> opt.value
{'client_identifier': {'hwtype': 1, 'hwaddr': '8C:45:00:45:12:09'}}
- Create an options object from its human readable dict of its value:
>>> dhcppython.options.options.value_to_object({'client_identifier': {'hwtype': 1, 'hwaddr': '8C:45:00:45:12:09'}})
ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t')
OR
>>> dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(61, {'hwtype': 1, 'hwaddr': '8C:45:00:45:12:09'})
ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t')
- Convert a human readable dict of an option value to the bytes representation
>>> dhcppython.options.options.value_to_bytes({'client_identifier': {'hwtype': 1, 'hwaddr': '8C:45:00:45:12:09'}})
b'=\x07\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t'
- Get the bytes representation of an option given its Option object
>>> opt = dhcppython.options.ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t')
>>> opt.asbytes
b'=\x07\x01\x8cE\x00E\x12\t'
The OptionList
class provides a very convenient set of methods for managing a list of DHCP options.
- Create an
OptionList
instance from a list ofOption
objects
>>> opt_list = dhcppython.options.OptionList(
... [
... dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(61, {'hwtype': 1, 'hwaddr': "8c:45:00:23:45:67"}),
... dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(57, 1500),
... dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(60, "android-dhcp-9"),
... dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(12, "Galaxy-S9"),
... dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(55, [1, 3, 6, 15, 26, 28, 51, 58, 59, 43])
... ]
... )
>>> opt_list
OptionList([ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00#Eg'), MaxDHCPMessageSize(code=57, length=2, data=b'\x05\xdc'), VendorClassIdentifier(code=60, length=14, data=b'android-dhcp-9'), Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9'), ParameterRequestList(code=55, length=10, data=b'\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+')])
- Retrieve any options in the
OptionList
by its option code
>>> opt_list.by_code(12)
Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9')
>>> opt_list.by_code(13)
>>>
- Append (add) any options using the
append
method
>>> opt_list.append(dhcppython.options.options.short_value_to_object(53, "DHCPDISCOVER"))
>>> opt_list
OptionList([ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00#Eg'), MaxDHCPMessageSize(code=57, length=2, data=b'\x05\xdc'), VendorClassIdentifier(code=60, length=14, data=b'android-dhcp-9'), Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9'), ParameterRequestList(code=55, length=10, data=b'\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+'), MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')])
- Protects against duplicate options (duplicate overwrites in place)
>>> opt_list
OptionList([ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00#Eg'), MaxDHCPMessageSize(code=57, length=2, data=b'\x13\x88'), VendorClassIdentifier(code=60, length=14, data=b'android-dhcp-9'), Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9'), ParameterRequestList(code=55, length=10, data=b'\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+'), MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')])
- Allows for iteration like a list
>>> for opt in opt_list:
... print(opt)
...
ClientIdentifier(code=61, length=7, data=b'\x01\x8cE\x00#Eg')
MaxDHCPMessageSize(code=57, length=2, data=b'\x13\x88')
VendorClassIdentifier(code=60, length=14, data=b'android-dhcp-9')
Hostname(code=12, length=9, data=b'Galaxy-S9')
ParameterRequestList(code=55, length=10, data=b'\x01\x03\x06\x0f\x1a\x1c3:;+')
MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')
A very primitive DHCP client is included in this package in the dhcppython.client
module. The client is able to negotiate a lease with a DHCP server and can be configured to use:
- A given interface
- Option to send broadcast packets or unicast packets to a specific server
- Set a relay in the giaddr field
- "Spoof" MAC addresses
- Specify options to send with request
The high level interface to negotiate a lease is the get_lease
method of the dhcppython.client.DHCPClient
object. This method goes through the DORA DHCP handshake and returns a Lease
namedtuple which includes all the packets in the :
>>> import dhcppython
>>> client = dhcppython.client.DHCPClient(interface="enp0s8")
>>> lease = client.get_lease(mac_addr="de:ad:be:ef:c0:de", broadcast=True, relay=None, server="255.255.255.255", options_list=None)
Lease succesful: 192.168.56.3 -- DE:AD:BE:EF:C0:DE -- 3 ms elapsed
>>> lease
Lease(discover=DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=2829179566, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x01')])), offer=DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREPLY', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=2829179566, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('192.168.56.3'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='DE:AD:BE:EF:C0:DE', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([SubnetMask(code=1, length=4, data=b'\xff\xff\xff\x00'), Router(code=3, length=4, data=b'\n\x97\x01\x01'), DNSServer(code=6, length=4, data=b'\nh\x01\x08'), Hostname(code=12, length=22, data=b'dhcp.-192-168-56-3.com'), DomainName(code=15, length=14, data=b'example.com'), IPAddressLeaseTime(code=51, length=4, data=b'\x00\x01Q\x80'), MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x02'), ServerIdentifier(code=54, length=4, data=b'\xc0\xa88\x02'), RenewalTime(code=58, length=4, data=b'\x00\x00T`'), RebindingTime(code=59, length=4, data=b'\x00\x00\xa8\xc0'), End(code=255, length=0, data=b'')])), request=DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREQUEST', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=2829179566, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='de:ad:be:ef:c0:de', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x03')])), ack=DHCPPacket(op='BOOTREPLY', htype='ETHERNET', hlen=6, hops=0, xid=2829179566, secs=0, flags=32768, ciaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), yiaddr=IPv4Address('192.168.56.3'), siaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), giaddr=IPv4Address('0.0.0.0'), chaddr='DE:AD:BE:EF:C0:DE', sname=b'', file=b'', options=OptionList([SubnetMask(code=1, length=4, data=b'\xff\xff\xff\x00'), Router(code=3, length=4, data=b'\n\x97\x01\x01'), DNSServer(code=6, length=4, data=b'\nh\x01\x08'), Hostname(code=12, length=22, data=b'dhcp.-192-168-56-3.com'), DomainName(code=15, length=14, data=b'example.com'), IPAddressLeaseTime(code=51, length=4, data=b'\x00\x01Q\x80'), MessageType(code=53, length=1, data=b'\x05'), ServerIdentifier(code=54, length=4, data=b'\xc0\xa88\x02'), RenewalTime(code=58, length=4, data=b'\x00\x00T`'), RebindingTime(code=59, length=4, data=b'\x00\x00\xa8\xc0'), End(code=255, length=0, data=b'')])), time=0.0032514659978915006, server=('192.168.56.2', 67))