Recently, I had to forge UDP packets in order to resolve a challenge, but unfortunately, I faced a lack of documentation on RAW_SOCKET with the usage of UDP. So there is my feedback on how to forge correct UDP packets, with links to documentation I used.
To begin with, let me introduce what is a RAW_SOCKET, and what we can do with it. A RAW_SOCKET is a type of socket that allows you to bypass the operating system encapsulation. You are responsible to fill all headers of the different protocols used during the communication. Thus, you have to fill IP Header, and UDP header on our example. Furthermore, you have to comply with the different RFCs by computing yourself all checksums to keep packet’s integrity while transmitting data in the wild.
A RAW_SOCKET requires root credentials, as forging a packet is really sensitive and allows one to do IP Spoofing on local network (ISP’s protection are pretty efficient :)). You can also use them to do application spoofing in order to send application-specific data, or whatever you want.
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