Internet DRAFT - draft-gharris-opsawg-pcap
draft-gharris-opsawg-pcap
Network Working Group G. Harris, Ed.
Internet-Draft
Intended status: Informational M. Richardson
Expires: 25 December 2021 Sandelman
23 June 2021
PCAP Capture File Format
draft-gharris-opsawg-pcap-02
Abstract
This document describes the format used by the libpcap library to
record captured packets to a file. Programs using the libpcap
library to read and write those files, and thus reading and writing
files in that format, include tcpdump.
Discussion Venues
This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.
Discussion of this document takes place on the OPSAWG Working Group
mailing list (opsawg@ietf.org), which is archived at
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/opsawg/.
Source for this draft and an issue tracker can be found at
https://github.com/pcapng/pcapng.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. General File Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. File Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Packet Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Recommended File Name Extension: .pcap . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8.1. Media-Type Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8.1.1. application/pcap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8.2. LinkType Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1. Introduction
In the late 1980's, Van Jacobson, Steve McCanne, and others at the
Network Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
developed the tcpdump program to capture and dissect network traces.
The code to capture traffic, using low-level mechanisms in various
operating systems, and to read and write network traces to a file was
later put into a library named libpcap.
This document describes the format used by tcpdump, and other
programs using libpcap, to read and write network traces.
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2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. General File Structure
A capture file begins with a File Header, followed by zero or more
Packet Records, one per packet.
All fields in the File Header and in Packet Records will always be
saved according to the characteristics (little endian / big endian)
of the capturing machine. This refers to all the fields that are
saved as numbers and that span over two or more octets.
The approach of having the file saved in the native format of the
generating host is more efficient because it avoids translation of
data when reading / writing on the host itself, which is the most
common case when generating/processing capture captures.
The packets are shown in traditional IETF diagram, with the bits
numbered from the left to the right. The bit numbering does not
reflect the binary value position, as IETF protocols are
traditionally in big-endian network-byte order. The most significant
bit is therefore on the left in this diagram as if the file is being
stored on a big-endian system.
4. File Header
The File Header has the following format:
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
0 | Magic Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
4 | Major Version | Minor Version |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
8 | Reserved1 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
12 | Reserved2 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
16 | SnapLen |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
20 | FCS |f|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0| LinkType |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: File Header
The File Header length is 24 octets.
The meaning of the fields in the File Header is:
Magic Number (32 bits): an unsigned magic number, whose value is
either the hexadecimal number 0xA1B2C3D4 or the hexadecimal number
0xA1B23C4D.
If the value is 0xA1B2C3D4, time stamps in Packet Records (see
Figure 2) are in seconds and microseconds; if it is 0xA1B23C4D,
time stamps in Packet Records are in seconds and nanoseconds.
These numbers can be used to distinguish sessions that have been
saved on little-endian machines from the ones saved on big-endian
machines, and to heuristically identify pcap files.
Major Version (16 bits): an unsigned value, giving the number of the
current major version of the format. The value for the current
version of the format is 2. This value should change if the
format changes in such a way that code that reads the new format
could not read the old format (i.e., code to read both formats
would have to check the version number and use different code
paths for the two formats) and code that reads the old format
could not read the new format.
Minor Version (16 bits): an unsigned value, giving the number of the
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current minor version of the format. The value is for the current
version of the format is 4. This value should change if the
format changes in such a way that code that reads the new format
could read the old format without checking the version number but
code that reads the old format could not read all files in the new
format.
Reserved1 (32 bits): not used - SHOULD be filled with 0 by pcap file
writers, and MUST be ignored by pcap file readers. This value was
documented by some older implementations as "gmt to local
correction". Some older pcap file writers stored non-zero values
in this field.
Reserved2 (32 bits): not used - SHOULD be filled with 0 by pcap file
writers, and MUST be ignored by pcap file readers. This value was
documented by some older implementations as "accuracy of
timestamps". Some older pcap file writers stored non-zero values
in this field.
SnapLen (32 bits): an unsigned value indicating the maximum number
of octets captured from each packet. The portion of each packet
that exceeds this value will not be stored in the file. This
value MUST NOT be zero; if no limit was specified, the value
should be a number greater than or equal to the largest packet
length in the file.
LinkType (16 bits): a 16-bit unsigned value that defines the link
layer type of packets in the file. This field is defined in the
Section 8.2 IANA registry.
Frame Cyclic Sequence (FCS) present (4 bits): if the "f" bit is set,
then the 3 FCS bits provide the number of 16-bit (2 byte) words of
FCS that are appended to each packet.
valid values are between 0 and 7, with ethernet typically having a
length of 4 bytes, or a value of 2.
The bits marked as zero MUST be set to zero by pcap writers, and MUST
be ignored by pcap readers.
5. Packet Record
A Packet Record is the standard container for storing the packets
coming from the network.
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
0 | Timestamp (Seconds) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
4 | Timestamp (Microseconds or nanoseconds) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
8 | Captured Packet Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
12 | Original Packet Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
16 / /
/ Packet Data /
/ variable length /
/ /
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 2: Packet Record
The Packet Header length is 16 octets.
The meaning of the fields in the Packet Record is:
Timestamp (Seconds) and Timestamp (Microseconds or nanoseconds): sec
onds and fraction of a seconds values of a timestamp.
The seconds value is a 32-bit unsigned integer that represents the
number of seconds that have elapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC,
and the microseconds or nanoseconds value represents the number of
microseconds or nanoseconds that have elapsed since that seconds.
Whether the value represents microseconds or nanoseconds is
specified by the magic number in the File Header.
Captured Packet Length (32 bits): an unsigned value that indicates
the number of octets captured from the packet (i.e. the length of
the Packet Data field). It will be the minimum value among the
Original Packet Length and the snapshot length for the interface
(SnapLen, defined in Figure 1).
Original Packet Length (32 bits): an unsigned value that indicates
the actual length of the packet when it was transmitted on the
network. It can be different from the Captured Packet Length if
the packet has been truncated by the capture process.
Packet Data: the data coming from the network, including link-layer
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headers. The actual length of this field is Captured Packet
Length. The format of the link-layer headers depends on the
LinkType field specified in the file header (see Figure 1) and it
is specified in the entry for that format in [LINKTYPES].
6. Recommended File Name Extension: .pcap
The recommended file name extension for the "PCAP Capture File
Format" specified in this document is ".pcap".
On Windows and macOS, files are distinguished by an extension to
their filename. Such an extension is technically not actually
required, as applications should be able to automatically detect the
pcap file format through the "magic bytes" at the beginning of the
file, as some other UN*X desktop environments do. However, using
name extensions makes it easier to work with files (e.g. visually
distinguish file formats) so it is recommended - though not required
- to use .pcap as the name extension for files following this
specification.
Please note: To avoid confusion (such as the current usage of .cap
for a plethora of different capture file formats) file name
extensions other than .pcap should be avoided.
There is new work to create the PCAP Next Generation capture File
Format (see [I-D.tuexen-opsawg-pcapng]). The new file format is not
compatible with this specification, but many programs read both
transparently. Files of that type will usually start with a
Section Header Block, with a magic number of 0x0A0D0D0A.
7. Security Considerations
TBD.
8. IANA Considerations
This document requires the following IANA actions:
8.1. Media-Type Registry
This section registers the the 'application/pcap' in the "Media
Types" registry. These media types are used to indicate that the
content is packet capture as described in this document.
8.1.1. application/pcap
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Type name: application
Subtype name: pcap
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: none
Encoding considerations: PCAP files contain network packets
Security considerations: See Security Considerations, Section
Interoperability considerations: The format is designed to be broadly interoperable.
Published specification: THIS RFC.
Applications that use this media type: tcpdump, wireshark, others.
Additional information:
Magic number(s): 0xA1B2C3D4, and 0xA1B23C4D in both endian orders
File extension(s): .pcap
Macintosh file type code(s): none
Person & email address to contact for further information: The Tcpdump Group, www.tcpdump.org
Intended usage: LIMITED
Restrictions on usage: NONE
Author: Guy Harris and Michael Richardson
Change controller: The Tcpdump Group
Provisional registration? (standards tree only): NO
8.2. LinkType Registry
IANA is requested to create a new Registry entitled: "The PCAP
Registry", and within that Registry to create a table called: "PCAP
LinkType List".
The LinkType Registry is a table of 16-bit numbers. The Registry has
three sections with different [RFC8126] rules:
* values from 0 to 32767 are marked as Specification Required.
* values from 32768 to 65000 are marked as First-Come First-Served.
* values from 65000 to 65535 are marked as Private Use.
The Registry has four columns: the symbolic name
(LINKTYPE_something), the integer value, a very short description,
and the document/requestor reference.
The Registry shall be populated as follows in the table below. In
each case here, the reference should be http://www.tcpdump.org/
linktypes.html, which is not repeated.
The initial value of table is base upon the Link type list maintained
by libpcap, and published on the tcpdump.org web site as
http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html.
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There is often an associated DLT value which are often identical in
value, but not universally so. DLT values are associated with
specific operation system captures, and are operating system
specific.
+=====================================+========+====================+
| LINKTYPE name |LINKTYPE|description |
| | value | |
+=====================================+========+====================+
| LINKTYPE_NULL | 0 |BSD loopback |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ETHERNET | 1 |IEEE 802.3 Ethernet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_EXP_ETHERNET | 2 |Xerox experimental |
| | |3Mb Ethernet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_AX25 | 3 |AX.25 packet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PRONET | 4 |Reserved for PRONET |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_CHAOS | 5 |Reserved for MIT |
| | |CHAOSNET |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_5 | 6 |IEEE 802.5 Token |
| | |Ring |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ARCNET_BSD | 7 |ARCNET Data Packets |
| | |with BSD |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SLIP | 8 |SLIP, w/ |
| | |LINKTYPE_SLIP |
| | |header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PPP | 9 |PPP, as per RFC |
| | |1661/RFC 1662 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_FDDI | 10 |FDDI: per ANSI |
| | |INCITS 239-1994. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| not to be used | 11-49 |Do not use these |
| | |values |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PPP_HDLC | 50 |PPP in HDLC-like |
| | |framing, as per RFC |
| | |1662 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
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| LINKTYPE_PPP_ETHER | 51 |PPPoE; per RFC 2516 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| not to be used | 52-98 |Do not use these |
| | |values |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SYMANTEC_FIREWALL | 99 |Reserved for |
| | |Symantec Enterprise |
| | |Firewall |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ATM_RFC1483 | 100 |RFC 1483 LLC/SNAP- |
| | |encapsulated ATM |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RAW | 101 |Raw IP; begins with |
| | |an IPv4 or IPv6 |
| | |header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SLIP_BSDOS | 102 |Reserved for BSD/OS |
| | |SLIP BPF header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PPP_BSDOS | 103 |Reserved for BSD/OS |
| | |PPP BPF header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_C_HDLC | 104 |Cisco PPP with HDLC |
| | |framing, as per |
| | |section 4.3.1 of RFC|
| | |1547 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_11 | 105 |IEEE 802.11 wireless|
| | |LAN. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ATM_CLIP | 106 |ATM Classical IP, |
| | |with no header |
| | |preceding IP |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_FRELAY | 107 |Frame Relay LAPF |
| | |frames |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LOOP | 108 |OpenBSD loopback |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ENC | 109 |Reserved for OpenBSD|
| | |IPSEC encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LANE8023 | 110 |Reserved for ATM |
| | |LANE + 802.3 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_HIPPI | 111 |Reserved for NetBSD |
| | |HIPPI |
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+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_HDLC | 112 |Reserved for NetBSD |
| | |HDLC framing |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL | 113 |Linux "cooked" |
| | |capture |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LTALK | 114 |Apple LocalTalk |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ECONET | 115 |Reserved for Acorn |
| | |Econet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPFILTER | 116 |Reserved for OpenBSD|
| | |ipfilter |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PFLOG | 117 |OpenBSD pflog; |
| | |"struct pfloghdr" |
| | |structure |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_CISCO_IOS | 118 |Reserved for Cisco- |
| | |internal use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_11_PRISM | 119 |Prism monitor mode |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_11_AIRONET | 120 |Reserved for 802.11 |
| | |+ FreeFreeBSD |
| | |Aironet radio |
| | |metadata |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_HHDLC | 121 |Reserved for Siemens|
| | |HiPath HDLC |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IP_OVER_FC | 122 |RFC 2625 IP-over- |
| | |Fibre Channel |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SUNATM | 123 |ATM traffic, / per |
| | |SunATM devices |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RIO | 124 |Reserved for RapidIO|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PCI_EXP | 125 |Reserved for PCI |
| | |Express |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_AURORA | 126 |Reserved for Xilinx |
| | |Aurora link layer |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_11_RADIOTAP | 127 |Radiotap |
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| | |header[Radiotap], |
| | |followed by an |
| | |802.11 header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_TZSP | 128 |Reserved for Tazmen |
| | |Sniffer Protocol |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ARCNET_LINUX | 129 |ARCNET Data Packets,|
| | |per RFC 1051 frames |
| | |w/variations |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_MLPPP | 130 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_MLFR | 131 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ES | 132 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_GGSN | 133 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_MFR | 134 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ATM2 | 135 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_SERVICES | 136 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ATM1 | 137 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_APPLE_IP_OVER_IEEE1394 | 138 |Apple IP-over-IEEE |
| | |1394 cooked header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MTP2_WITH_PHDR | 139 |Signaling System 7 |
| | |(SS7) Message |
| | |Transfer Part Level |
| | |ITU-T Q.703 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MTP2 | 140 |SS7 Level 2, Q.703 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MTP3 | 141 |SS7 Level 3, Q.704 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SCCP | 142 |SS7 Control Part, |
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| | |ITU-T |
| | |Q.711/Q.712/Q.713/ |
| | |Q.714 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DOCSIS | 143 |DOCSIS MAC frames, |
| | |DOCSIS 3.1 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LINUX_IRDA | 144 |Linux-IrDA packets |
| | |w/ |
| | |LINKTYPE_LINUX_IRDA |
| | |header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IBM_SP | 145 |Reserved for IBM SP |
| | |switch |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IBM_SN | 146 |Reserved for IBM |
| | |Next Federation |
| | |switch |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_01 | 147 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_02 | 148 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_03 | 149 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_04 | 150 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_05 | 151 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_06 | 152 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_07 | 153 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_08 | 154 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_09 | 155 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_10 | 156 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_11 | 157 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_12 | 158 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_13 | 159 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_14 | 160 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_15 | 161 |For private use |
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+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RESERVED_16 | 162 |For private use |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_11_AVS | 163 |AVS header[AVS], |
| | |followed by an |
| | |802.11 header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_MONITOR | 164 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BACNET_MS_TP | 165 |BACnet MS/TP frames,|
| | |per 9.3 MS/TP Frame |
| | |Format ANSI 135 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PPP_PPPD | 166 |PPP in HDLC-like |
| | |encapsulation, like |
| | |LINKTYPE_PPP_HDLC, |
| | |different stuffing |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_PPPOE | 167 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_PPPOE_ATM | 168 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GPRS_LLC | 169 |General Packet Radio|
| | |Service Logical Link|
| | |Control, as per 3GPP|
| | |TS 04.64 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GPF_T | 170 |Transparent-mapped |
| | |generic framing |
| | |procedure, as |
| | |specified by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation |
| | |G.7041/Y.1303 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GPF_F | 171 |Frame-mapped generic|
| | |framing procedure, |
| | |as specified by |
| | |ITU-T Recommendation|
| | |G.7041/Y.1303 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GCOM_T1E1 | 172 |Reserved for Gcom |
| | |T1/E1 line |
| | |monitoring equipment|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GCOM_SERIAL | 173 |Reserved for Gcom |
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| | |T1/E1 line |
| | |monitoring equipment|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_PIC_PEER | 174 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ERF_ETH | 175 |Endace ERF header |
| | |followed by 802.3 |
| | |Ethernet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ERF_POS | 176 |Endace ERF header |
| | |followed by Packet- |
| | |over-SONET |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LINUX_LAPD | 177 |Link Access |
| | |Procedures on the D |
| | |Channel (LAPD) |
| | |frames, as specified|
| | |by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation Q.920|
| | |and ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation Q.921|
| | |, captured via |
| | |vISDN, with a |
| | |LINKTYPE_LINUX_LAPD |
| | |header , followed by|
| | |the Q.921 frame, |
| | |starting with the |
| | |address field. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ETHER | 178 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_PPP | 179 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_FRELAY | 180 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_CHDLC | 181 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MFR | 182 |FRF.16.1 Multi-Link |
| | |Frame Relay frames, |
| | |beginning with an |
| | |FRF.12 Interface |
| | |fragmentation format|
| | |fragmentation |
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| | |header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_VP | 182 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_A653_ICM | 185 |Reserved for Arinc |
| | |653 Interpartition |
| | |Communication |
| | |messages |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USB_FREEBSD | 186 |USB packets, |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |FreeBSD USB header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_HCI_H4 | 187 |Bluetooth HCI UART |
| | |transport layer; the|
| | |frame contains an |
| | |HCI packet indicator|
| | |byte, as specified |
| | |by the UART |
| | |Transport Layer |
| | |portion of the most |
| | |recent Bluetooth |
| | |Core specification ,|
| | |followed by an HCI |
| | |packet of the |
| | |specified packet |
| | |type, as specified |
| | |by the Host |
| | |Controller Interface|
| | |Functional |
| | |Specification |
| | |portion of the most |
| | |recent Bluetooth |
| | |Core Specification. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_16_MAC_CPS | 188 |Reserved for IEEE |
| | |802.16 MAC Common |
| | |Part Sublayer |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USB_LINUX | 189 |USB packets, |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |Linux USB header, as|
| | |specified by the |
| | |struct usbmon_packet|
| | |in the |
| | |Documentation/usb/ |
| | |usbmon.txt file in |
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| | |the Linux source |
| | |tree. Only the |
| | |first 48 bytes of |
| | |that header are |
| | |present. All fields|
| | |in the header are in|
| | |host byte order. |
| | |When performing a |
| | |live capture, the |
| | |host byte order is |
| | |the byte order of |
| | |the machine on which|
| | |the packets are |
| | |captured. When |
| | |reading a pcap file,|
| | |the byte order is |
| | |the byte order for |
| | |the file, as |
| | |specified by the |
| | |file's magic number;|
| | |when reading a |
| | |pcapng file, the |
| | |byte order is the |
| | |byte order for the |
| | |section of the |
| | |pcapng file, as |
| | |specified by the |
| | |Section Header |
| | |Block. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_CAN20B | 190 |Reserved for |
| | |Controller Area |
| | |Network (CAN) v. |
| | |2.0B packets |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_15_4_LINUX | 191 |IEEE 802.15.4, with |
| | |address fields |
| | |padded, as is done |
| | |by Linux drivers |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PPI | 192 |Per-Packet |
| | |Information |
| | |information, as |
| | |specified by the |
| | |Per-Packet |
| | |Information Header |
| | |Specification , |
| | |followed by a packet|
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| | |with the LINKTYPE_ |
| | |value specified by |
| | |the pph_dlt field of|
| | |that header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_16_MAC_CPS_RADIO | 193 |Reserved for 802.16 |
| | |MAC Common Part |
| | |Sublayer plus radio |
| | |header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ISM | 194 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_15_4_WITHFCS | 195 |IEEE 802.15.4 Low- |
| | |Rate Wireless |
| | |Networks, with each |
| | |packet having the |
| | |FCS at the end of |
| | |the frame. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SITA | 196 |Various link-layer |
| | |types, with a |
| | |pseudo-header , for |
| | |SITA |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ERF | 197 |Various link-layer |
| | |types, with a |
| | |pseudo-header, for |
| | |Endace DAG cards; |
| | |encapsulates Endace |
| | |ERF records. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RAIF1 | 198 |Reserved for |
| | |Ethernet packets |
| | |captured from a u10 |
| | |Networks board |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPMB_KONTRON | 199 |Reserved for IPMB |
| | |packet for IPMI, |
| | |with a 2-byte header|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ST | 200 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_HCI_H4_WITH_PHDR | 201 |Bluetooth HCI UART |
| | |transport layer; the|
| | |frame contains a |
| | |4-byte direction |
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| | |field, in network |
| | |byte order (big- |
| | |endian), the low- |
| | |order bit of which |
| | |is set if the frame |
| | |was sent from the |
| | |host to the |
| | |controller and clear|
| | |if the frame was |
| | |received by the host|
| | |from the controller,|
| | |followed by an HCI |
| | |packet indicator |
| | |byte, as specified |
| | |by the UART |
| | |Transport Layer |
| | |portion of the most |
| | |recent Bluetooth |
| | |Core specification ,|
| | |followed by an HCI |
| | |packet of the |
| | |specified packet |
| | |type, as specified |
| | |by the Host |
| | |Controller Interface|
| | |Functional |
| | |Specification |
| | |portion of the most |
| | |recent Bluetooth |
| | |Core Specification. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_AX25_KISS | 202 |AX.25 packet, with a|
| | |1-byte KISS header |
| | |containing a type |
| | |indicator. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LAPD | 203 |Link Access |
| | |Procedures on the D |
| | |Channel (LAPD) |
| | |frames, as specified|
| | |by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation Q.920|
| | |and ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation Q.921|
| | |, starting with the |
| | |address field, with |
| | |no pseudo-header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
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| LINKTYPE_PPP_WITH_DIR | 204 |PPP, as per RFC 1661|
| | |and RFC 1662 , |
| | |preceded with a one-|
| | |byte pseudo-header |
| | |with a zero value |
| | |meaning received by |
| | |this host and a non-|
| | |zero value meaning |
| | |sent by this host; |
| | |if the first 2 bytes|
| | |are 0xff and 0x03, |
| | |it's PPP in HDLC- |
| | |like framing, with |
| | |the PPP header |
| | |following those two |
| | |bytes, otherwise |
| | |it's PPP without |
| | |framing, and the |
| | |packet begins with |
| | |the PPP header. The|
| | |data in the frame is|
| | |not octet-stuffed or|
| | |bit-stuffed. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_C_HDLC_WITH_DIR | 205 |Cisco PPP with HDLC |
| | |framing, as per |
| | |section 4.3.1 of RFC|
| | |1547 , preceded with|
| | |a one-byte pseudo- |
| | |header with a zero |
| | |value meaning |
| | |received by this |
| | |host and a non-zero |
| | |value meaning sent |
| | |by this host. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_FRELAY_WITH_DIR | 206 |Frame Relay LAPF |
| | |frames, beginning |
| | |with a one-byte |
| | |pseudo-header with a|
| | |zero value meaning |
| | |received by this |
| | |host (DCE->DTE) and |
| | |a non-zero value |
| | |meaning sent by this|
| | |host (DTE->DCE), |
| | |followed by an ITU-T|
| | |Recommendation Q.922|
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| | |LAPF header starting|
| | |with the address |
| | |field, and without |
| | |an FCS at the end of|
| | |the frame. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LAPB_WITH_DIR | 207 |Link Access |
| | |Procedure, Balanced |
| | |(LAPB), as specified|
| | |by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation X.25 |
| | |, preceded with a |
| | |one-byte pseudo- |
| | |header with a zero |
| | |value meaning |
| | |received by this |
| | |host (DCE->DTE) and |
| | |a non-zero value |
| | |meaning sent by this|
| | |host (DTE->DCE). |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| Reserved | 208 |Reserved for an |
| | |unspecified link- |
| | |layer type |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPMB_LINUX | 209 |IPMB over an I2C |
| | |circuit, with a |
| | |Linux-specific |
| | |pseudo-header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_FLEXRAY | 210 |Reserved for FlexRay|
| | |automotive bus |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MOST | 211 |Reserved for Media |
| | |Oriented Systems |
| | |Transport (MOST) bus|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LIN | 212 |Reserved for Local |
| | |Interconnect Network|
| | |(LIN) bus for |
| | |vehicle networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_X2E_SERIAL | 213 |Reserved for X2E |
| | |serial line captures|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_X2E_XORAYA | 214 |Reserved for X2E |
| | |Xoraya data loggers |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
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| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_15_4_NONASK_PHY | 215 |IEEE 802.15.4 Low- |
| | |Rate Wireless |
| | |Networks, with each |
| | |packet having the |
| | |FCS at the end of |
| | |the frame, and with |
| | |the PHY-level data |
| | |for the O-QPSK, |
| | |BPSK, GFSK, MSK, and|
| | |RCC DSS BPSK PHYs (4|
| | |octets of 0 as |
| | |preamble, one octet |
| | |of SFD, one octet of|
| | |frame length + |
| | |reserved bit) |
| | |preceding the MAC- |
| | |layer data (starting|
| | |with the frame |
| | |control field). |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LINUX_EVDEV | 216 |Reserved for Linux |
| | |evdev messages |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GSMTAP_UM | 217 |Reserved for GSM Um |
| | |interface, with |
| | |gsmtap header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_GSMTAP_ABIS | 218 |Reserved for GSM |
| | |Abis interface, with|
| | |gsmtap header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MPLS | 219 |MPLS packets with |
| | |MPLS label as the |
| | |header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USB_LINUX_MMAPPED | 220 |USB packets, |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |Linux USB header, as|
| | |specified by the |
| | |struct usbmon_packet|
| | |in the |
| | |Documentation/usb/ |
| | |usbmon.txt file in |
| | |the Linux source |
| | |tree. All 64 bytes |
| | |of the header are |
| | |present. All fields|
| | |in the header are in|
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| | |host byte order. |
| | |When performing a |
| | |live capture, the |
| | |host byte order is |
| | |the byte order of |
| | |the machine on which|
| | |the packets are |
| | |captured. When |
| | |reading a pcap file,|
| | |the byte order is |
| | |the byte order for |
| | |the file, as |
| | |specified by the |
| | |file's magic number;|
| | |when reading a |
| | |pcapng file, the |
| | |byte order is the |
| | |byte order for the |
| | |section of the |
| | |pcapng file, as |
| | |specified by the |
| | |Section Header |
| | |Block. For |
| | |isochronous |
| | |transfers, the ndesc|
| | |field specifies the |
| | |number of |
| | |isochronous |
| | |descriptors that |
| | |follow. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DECT | 221 |Reserved for DECT |
| | |packets, with a |
| | |pseudo-header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_AOS | 222 |Reserved for OS |
| | |Space Data Link |
| | |Protocol |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_WIHART | 223 |Reserved for |
| | |Wireless HART |
| | |(Highway Addressable|
| | |Remote Transducer) |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_FC_2 | 224 |Fibre Channel FC-2 |
| | |frames, beginning |
| | |with a Frame_Header.|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
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| LINKTYPE_FC_2_WITH_FRAME_DELIMS | 225 |Fibre Channel FC-2 |
| | |frames, beginning an|
| | |encoding of the SOF,|
| | |followed by a |
| | |Frame_Header, and |
| | |ending with an |
| | |encoding of the SOF.|
| | |The encodings |
| | |represent the frame |
| | |delimiters as 4-byte|
| | |sequences |
| | |representing the |
| | |corresponding |
| | |ordered sets, with |
| | |K28.5 represented as|
| | |0xBC, and the D |
| | |symbols as the |
| | |corresponding byte |
| | |values; for example,|
| | |SOFi2, which is |
| | |K28.5 - D21.5 - D1.2|
| | |- D21.2, is |
| | |represented as 0xBC |
| | |0xB5 0x55 0x55. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPNET | 226 |Solaris ipnet |
| | |pseudo-header , |
| | |followed by an IPv4 |
| | |or IPv6 datagram. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_CAN_SOCKETCAN | 227 |CAN (Controller Area|
| | |Network) frames, |
| | |with a pseudo-header|
| | |followed by the |
| | |frame payload. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPV4 | 228 |Raw IPv4; the packet|
| | |begins with an IPv4 |
| | |header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPV6 | 229 |Raw IPv6; the packet|
| | |begins with an IPv6 |
| | |header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_15_4_NOFCS | 230 |IEEE 802.15.4 Low- |
| | |Rate Wireless |
| | |Network, without the|
| | |FCS at the end of |
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| | |the frame. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DBUS | 231 |Raw D-Bus messages ,|
| | |starting with the |
| | |endianness flag, |
| | |followed by the |
| | |message type, etc., |
| | |but without the |
| | |authentication |
| | |handshake before the|
| | |message sequence. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_VS | 232 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_SRX_E2E | 233 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_FIBRECHANNEL | 234 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DVB_CI | 235 |DVB-CI (DVB Common |
| | |Interface for |
| | |communication |
| | |between a PC Card |
| | |module and a DVB |
| | |receiver), with the |
| | |message format |
| | |specified by the |
| | |PCAP format for DVB-|
| | |CI specification |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MUX27010 | 236 |Variant of 3GPP TS |
| | |27.010 multiplexing |
| | |protocol (similar |
| | |to, but not the same|
| | |as, 27.010). |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_STANAG_5066_D_PDU | 237 |D_PDUs as described |
| | |by NATO standard |
| | |STANAG 5066, |
| | |starting with the |
| | |synchronization |
| | |sequence, and |
| | |including both |
| | |header and data |
| | |CRCs. The current |
| | |version of STANAG |
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| | |5066 is backwards- |
| | |compatible with the |
| | |1.0.2 version , |
| | |although newer |
| | |versions are |
| | |classified. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_JUNIPER_ATM_CEMIC | 238 |Reserved for Juniper|
| | |Networks |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NFLOG | 239 |Linux netlink |
| | |NETLINK NFLOG socket|
| | |log messages. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NETANALYZER | 240 |Pseudo-header for |
| | |Hilscher |
| | |Gesellschaft fuer |
| | |Systemautomation mbH|
| | |netANALYZER devices |
| | |, followed by an |
| | |Ethernet frame, |
| | |beginning with the |
| | |MAC header and |
| | |ending with the FCS.|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NETANALYZER_TRANSPARENT | 241 |Pseudo-header for |
| | |Hilscher |
| | |Gesellschaft fuer |
| | |Systemautomation mbH|
| | |netANALYZER devices |
| | |, followed by an |
| | |Ethernet frame, |
| | |beginning with the |
| | |preamble, SFD, and |
| | |MAC header, and |
| | |ending with the FCS.|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPOIB | 242 |IP-over-InfiniBand, |
| | |as specified by RFC |
| | |4391 section 6 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_MPEG_2_TS | 243 |MPEG-2 Transport |
| | |Stream transport |
| | |packets, as |
| | |specified by ISO |
| | |13818-1/ ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation |
| | |H.222.0 (see table |
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| | |2-2 of section |
| | |2.4.3.2 Transport |
| | |Stream packet |
| | |layer). |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NG40 | 244 |Pseudo-header for |
| | |ng4T GmbH's UMTS |
| | |Iub/Iur-over-ATM and|
| | |Iub/Iur-over-IP |
| | |format as used by |
| | |their ng40 protocol |
| | |tester , followed by|
| | |frames for the Frame|
| | |Protocol as |
| | |specified by 3GPP TS|
| | |25.427 for dedicated|
| | |channels and 3GPP TS|
| | |25.435 for common/ |
| | |shared channels in |
| | |the case of ATM AAL2|
| | |or UDP traffic, by |
| | |SSCOP packets as |
| | |specified by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation |
| | |Q.2110 for ATM AAL5 |
| | |traffic, and by NBAP|
| | |packets for SCTP |
| | |traffic. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NFC_LLCP | 245 |Pseudo-header for |
| | |NFC LLCP packet |
| | |captures , followed |
| | |by frame data for |
| | |the LLCP Protocol as|
| | |specified by |
| | |NFCForum-TS-LLCP_1.1|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PFSYNC | 246 |Reserved for pfsync |
| | |output |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_INFINIBAND | 247 |Raw InfiniBand |
| | |frames, starting |
| | |with the Local |
| | |Routing Header, as |
| | |specified in Chapter|
| | |5 Data packet format|
| | |of InfiniBand[TM] |
| | |Architectural |
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| | |Specification |
| | |Release 1.2.1 Volume|
| | |1 - General |
| | |Specifications |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SCTP | 248 |SCTP packets, as |
| | |defined by RFC 4960 |
| | |, with no lower- |
| | |level protocols such|
| | |as IPv4 or IPv6. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USBPCAP | 249 |USB packets, |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |USBPcap header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RTAC_SERIAL | 250 |Serial-line packet |
| | |header for the |
| | |Schweitzer |
| | |Engineering |
| | |Laboratories RTAC |
| | |product , followed |
| | |by a payload for one|
| | |of a number of |
| | |industrial control |
| | |protocols. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_LE_LL | 251 |Bluetooth Low Energy|
| | |air interface Link |
| | |Layer packets, in |
| | |the format described|
| | |in section 2.1 |
| | |PACKET FORMAT of |
| | |volume 6 of the |
| | |Bluetooth |
| | |Specification |
| | |Version 4.0 (see PDF|
| | |page 2200), but |
| | |without the |
| | |Preamble. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_WIRESHARK_UPPER_PDU | 252 |Reserved for |
| | |Wireshark |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_NETLINK | 253 |Linux Netlink |
| | |capture |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_LINUX_MONITOR | 254 |Bluetooth Linux |
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| | |Monitor |
| | |encapsulation of |
| | |traffic for the |
| | |BlueZ stack |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_BREDR_BB | 255 |Bluetooth Basic Rate|
| | |and Enhanced Data |
| | |Rate baseband |
| | |packets |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_BLUETOOTH_LE_LL_WITH_PHDR | 256 |Bluetooth Low Energy|
| | |link-layer packets |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PROFIBUS_DL | 257 |PROFIBUS data link |
| | |layer packets, as |
| | |specified by IEC |
| | |standard 61158-4-3, |
| | |beginning with the |
| | |start delimiter, |
| | |ending with the end |
| | |delimiter, and |
| | |including all octets|
| | |between them. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_PKTAP | 258 |Apple PKTAP capture |
| | |encapsulation |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_EPON | 259 |Ethernet-over- |
| | |passive-optical- |
| | |network packets, |
| | |starting with the |
| | |last 6 octets of the|
| | |modified preamble as|
| | |specified by |
| | |65.1.3.2 Transmit in|
| | |Clause 65 of |
| | |Section 5 of IEEE |
| | |802.3 , followed |
| | |immediately by an |
| | |Ethernet frame. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IPMI_HPM_2 | 260 |IPMI trace packets, |
| | |as specified by |
| | |Table 3-20 Trace |
| | |Data Block Format in|
| | |the PICMG HPM.2 |
| | |specification The |
| | |time stamps for |
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| | |packets in this |
| | |format must match |
| | |the time stamps in |
| | |the Trace Data |
| | |Blocks. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ZWAVE_R1_R2 | 261 |Z-Wave RF profile R1|
| | |and R2 packets , as |
| | |specified by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation |
| | |G.9959 , with some |
| | |MAC layer fields |
| | |moved. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ZWAVE_R3 | 262 |Z-Wave RF profile R3|
| | |packets , as |
| | |specified by ITU-T |
| | |Recommendation |
| | |G.9959 , with some |
| | |MAC layer fields |
| | |moved. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_WATTSTOPPER_DLM | 263 |Formats for |
| | |WattStopper Digital |
| | |Lighting Management |
| | |(DLM) and Legrand |
| | |Nitoo Open protocol |
| | |common packet |
| | |structure captures. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ISO_14443 | 264 |Messages between ISO|
| | |14443 contactless |
| | |smartcards |
| | |(Proximity |
| | |Integrated Circuit |
| | |Card, PICC) and card|
| | |readers (Proximity |
| | |Coupling Device, |
| | |PCD), with the |
| | |message format |
| | |specified by the |
| | |PCAP format for |
| | |ISO14443 |
| | |specification |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_RDS | 265 |Radio data system |
| | |(RDS) groups, as per|
| | |IEC 62106, |
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| | |encapsulated in this|
| | |form |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USB_DARWIN | 266 |USB packets, |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |Darwin (macOS, etc.)|
| | |USB header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_OPENFLOW | 267 |Reserved for OpenBSD|
| | |DLT_OPENFLOW |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SDLC | 268 |SDLC packets, as |
| | |specified by Chapter|
| | |1, DLC Links, |
| | |section Synchronous |
| | |Data Link Control |
| | |(SDLC) of Systems |
| | |Network Architecture|
| | |Formats, |
| | |GA27-3136-20 , |
| | |without the flag |
| | |fields, zero-bit |
| | |insertion, or Frame |
| | |Check Sequence |
| | |field, containing |
| | |SNA path information|
| | |units (PIUs) as the |
| | |payload. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_TI_LLN_SNIFFER | 269 |Reserved for Texas |
| | |Instruments protocol|
| | |sniffer |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LORATAP | 270 |LoRaTap pseudo- |
| | |header , followed by|
| | |the payload, which |
| | |is typically the |
| | |PHYPayload from the |
| | |LoRaWan |
| | |specification |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_VSOCK | 271 |Protocol for |
| | |communication |
| | |between host and |
| | |guest machines in |
| | |VMware and KVM |
| | |hypervisors. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
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| LINKTYPE_NORDIC_BLE | 272 |Messages to and from|
| | |a Nordic |
| | |Semiconductor nRF |
| | |Sniffer for |
| | |Bluetooth LE |
| | |packets, beginning |
| | |with a pseudo-header|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DOCSIS31_XRA31 | 273 |DOCSIS packets and |
| | |bursts, preceded by |
| | |a pseudo-header |
| | |giving metadata |
| | |about the packet |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ETHERNET_MPACKET | 274 |mPackets, as |
| | |specified by IEEE |
| | |802.3br Figure 99-4,|
| | |starting with the |
| | |preamble and always |
| | |ending with a CRC |
| | |field. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DISPLAYPORT_AUX | 275 |DisplayPort AUX |
| | |channel monitoring |
| | |data as specified by|
| | |VESA DisplayPort(DP)|
| | |Standard preceded by|
| | |a pseudo-header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL2 | 276 |Linux cooked capture|
| | |encapsulation v2 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_SERCOS_MONITOR | 277 |Reserved for Sercos |
| | |Monitor |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_OPENVIZSLA | 278 |Openvizsla FPGA- |
| | |based USB sniffer |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_EBHSCR | 279 |Elektrobit High |
| | |Speed Capture and |
| | |Replay (EBHSCR) |
| | |format |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_VPP_DISPATCH | 280 |Records in traces |
| | |from the |
| | |http://fd.io VPP |
| | |graph dispatch |
| | |tracer, in the the |
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| | |graph dispatcher |
| | |trace format |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DSA_TAG_BRCM | 281 |Ethernet frames, |
| | |with a switch tag |
| | |inserted between the|
| | |source address field|
| | |and the type/length |
| | |field in the |
| | |Ethernet header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DSA_TAG_BRCM_PREPEND | 282 |Ethernet frames, |
| | |with a switch tag |
| | |inserted before the |
| | |destination address |
| | |in the Ethernet |
| | |header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_IEEE802_15_4_TAP | 283 |IEEE 802.15.4 Low- |
| | |Rate Wireless |
| | |Networks, with a |
| | |pseudo-header |
| | |containing TLVs with|
| | |metadata preceding |
| | |the 802.15.4 header.|
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DSA_TAG_DSA | 284 |Ethernet frames, |
| | |with a switch tag |
| | |inserted between the|
| | |source address field|
| | |and the type/length |
| | |field in the |
| | |Ethernet header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_DSA_TAG_EDSA | 285 |Ethernet frames, |
| | |with a programmable |
| | |Ethernet type switch|
| | |tag inserted between|
| | |the source address |
| | |field and the type/ |
| | |length field in the |
| | |Ethernet header. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ELEE | 286 |Payload of lawful |
| | |intercept packets |
| | |using the ELEE |
| | |protocol The packet |
| | |begins with the ELEE|
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| | |header; it does not |
| | |include any |
| | |transport-layer or |
| | |lower-layer headers |
| | |for protcols used to|
| | |transport ELEE |
| | |packets. |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_Z_WAVE_SERIAL | 287 |Serial frames |
| | |transmitted between |
| | |a host and a Z-Wave |
| | |chip over an RS-232 |
| | |or USB serial |
| | |connection, as |
| | |described in section|
| | |5 of the Z-Wave |
| | |Serial API Host |
| | |Application |
| | |Programming Guide |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_USB_2_0 | 288 |USB 2.0, 1.1, or 1.0|
| | |packet, beginning |
| | |with a PID, as |
| | |described by Chapter|
| | |8 Protocol Layer of |
| | |the the Universal |
| | |Serial Bus |
| | |Specification |
| | |Revision 2.0 |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
| LINKTYPE_ATSC_ALP | 289 |ATSC Link-Layer |
| | |Protocol frames, as |
| | |described in section|
| | |5 of the A/330 Link-|
| | |Layer Protocol |
| | |specification, found|
| | |at the ATSC 3.0 |
| | |standards page , |
| | |beginning with a |
| | |Base Header |
+-------------------------------------+--------+--------------------+
Table 1
9. Contributors
[Insert pcap developers etc. here].
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10. Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank [insert list here] and many others for
their invaluable comments.
11. References
11.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
11.2. Informative References
[I-D.tuexen-opsawg-pcapng]
Tuexen, M., Risso, F., Bongertz, J., Combs, G., Harris,
G., and M. Richardson, "PCAP Next Generation (pcapng)
Capture File Format", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-tuexen-opsawg-pcapng-02, 28 September 2020,
<https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-tuexen-opsawg-
pcapng-02.txt>.
[RFC8126] Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
[Radiotap] radiotap.org, "Radiotap Web site", n.d.,
<http://www.radiotap.org/>.
[AVS] Peachy, S., "Archived AVS specification", n.d.,
<http://web.archive.org/web/20040803232023/
http://www.shaftnet.org/~pizza/software/capturefrm.txt>.
Authors' Addresses
Guy Harris (editor)
Email: gharris@sonic.net
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Michael C. Richardson
Sandelman Software Works Inc
Email: mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca
URI: http://www.sandelman.ca/
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