nemesis-rip - RIP Protocol (The Nemesis Project)

nemesis-rip [-vZ?] [-a RIP-address-family ] [-c RIP-command ] [-d Ethernet-device ] [-D destination-IP-address ] [-F fragmentation-options ] [-h RIP-next-hop-address ] [-H source-MAC-address ] [-i RIP-route-address ] [-I IP-ID ] [-k RIP-network-address-mask ] [-m RIP-metric ] [-M destination-MAC-address ] [-O IP-options-file ] [-P payload-file ] [-r RIP-routing-domain ] [-R RIP-route-tag ] [-S source-IP-address ] [-t IP-TOS ] [-T IP-TTL ] [-V RIP-version ] [-x source-port ] [-y destination-port ]

The Nemesis Project is designed to be a command line-based, portable human IP stack for UNIX-like and Windows systems. The suite is broken down by protocol, and should allow for useful scripting of injected packets from simple shell scripts.

nemesis-rip provides an interface to craft and inject RIP packets allowing the user to specify any portion of a RIP packet as well as lower-level IP packet information.

-a RIP-address-family

Specify the RIP-address-family within the RIP header.

NOTE: Under normal conditions, the address-family value is 2 - indicating IP.

-c RIP-command

Specify the RIP-command within the RIP header. Valid RIP command values:

1  (Request)
2  (Reply)
3  (Trace on - obsolete)
4  (Trace off - obsolete)
5  (Poll)
6  (Poll entry)
7  (Max)

NOTE: Under normal conditions, only commands 1 (Request) and 2 (Reply) are valid.

-h RIP-next-hop address

Specify the RIP-next-hop-address within the RIP header. The next hop address value is 0 for RIP version 1. For RIP version 2 the next hop address specifies the IP address of the next route in the path to the destination host or network. Also for RIP version 2, if this value is 0, the next hop address is the IP address of the router originating the RIP update.

-i RIP-route-address

Specify the RIP-route-address within the RIP header. This value species the destination network, subnet or host of route in the form of an IP address.

-k RIP-network-address-mask

Specify the RIP-network-address-mask within the RIP header. The network address mask value is 0 for RIP version 1. For RIP version 2 the network address mask specifies the mask associated with the route.

-m RIP-metric

Specify the RIP-metric within the RIP header. Valid RIP-metric values range from 1 to 16. A RIP-metric value of 16 is used to invalidate a route.

-P payload-file

This will case nemesis-rip to use the specified payload-file as the payload when injecting RIP packets. For packets injected using the raw interface (where -d is not used), the maximum payload size is 65393 bytes. For packets injected using the link layer interface (where -d IS used), the maximum payload size is 1358 bytes. Payloads can also be read from stdin by specifying '-P -' instead of a payload file.

Windows systems are limited to a maximum payload size of 1358 bytes for RIP packets.

-r RIP-routing-domain

Specify the RIP-routing-domain within the RIP header. A routing domain value of 0 is used for RIP version 1. For RIP version 2 the routing domain field is used to identify a unique RIP process on the host or router.

-R RIP-route-tag

Specify the RIP-route-tag within the RIP header. The RIP route tag value is used to support exterior gatetway protocols. It A route tag value of 0 is used for RIP version 1. For RIP version 2 the route tag field will contain the autonomous system (AS) number for exterior gateway protocol (EGP) and border gateway protocol (BGP). RIP version 2 preserves this value when a route is re-advertised.

-V RIP-version

Specify the RIP-version within the RIP header.

NOTE: Under normal condtions only versions 1 and 2 are valid.

-v verbose-mode

Display the injected packet in human readable form. Use twice to see a hexdump of the injected packet.

-x source-port

Specify the source-port within the UDP header.

-y destination-port

Specify the destination-port within the UDP header.

-D destination-IP-address

Specify the destination-IP-address within the IP header. If a destination IP address is not specified, one will automatically be selected depending on the RIP version. By default, RIP version 2 is used in which case the default destination IP address is IP address is automatically generated and the last octet (least significant bits) are set to 0xff; this is an attempt to emulate a network broadcast to a C class network. If a RIP version other than 1 or 2 is specified, the destination IP address is entirely random.

-F fragmentation-options (-F[D],[M],[R],[offset])

Specify the fragmentation options:

-FD (don't fragment)
-FM (more fragments)
-FR (reserved flag)
-F <offset>

within the IP header. IP fragmentation options can be specified individually or combined into a single argument to the -F command line switch by separating the options with commas (eg. '-FD,M') or spaces (eg. '-FM 223'). The IP fragmentation offset is a 13-bit field with valid values from 0 to 8189. Don't fragment (DF), more fragments (MF) and the reserved flag (RESERVED or RB) are 1-bit fields.

NOTE: Under normal conditions, the reserved flag is unset.

-I IP-ID

Specify the IP-ID within the IP header.

-O IP-options-file

This will cause nemesis-rip to use the specified IP-options-file as the options when building the IP header for the injected packet. IP options can be up to 40 bytes in length. The IP options file must be created manually based upon the desired options. IP options can also be read from stdin by specifying '-O -' instead of an IP-options-file.

-S source-IP-address

Specify the source-IP-address within the IP header.

-t IP-TOS

Specify the IP-type-of-service (TOS) within the IP header. Valid type of service values:

2  (Minimize monetary cost)
4  (Maximize reliability)
8  (Maximize throughput)
24 (Minimize delay)

NOTE: Under normal conditions, only one type of service is set within a packet. To specify multiple types, specify the sum of the desired values as the type of service.

-T IP-TTL

Specify the IP-time-to-live (TTL) within the IP header.

-d Ethernet-device

Specify the name (for UNIX-like systems) or the number (for Windows systems) of the Ethernet-device to use (eg. fxp0, eth0, hme0, 1).

-H source-MAC-address

Specify the source-MAC-address (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX).

-M destination-MAC-address

Specify the defination-MAC-address (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX).

-Z list-network-interfaces

Lists the available network interfaces by number for use in link-layer injection.

NOTE: This feature is only relevant to Windows systems.

Nemesis-rip returns 0 on a successful exit, 1 if it exits on an error.

Send concise and clearly written bug reports to jeff@snort.org

Jeff Nathan <jeff@snort.org>

Originally developed by Mark Grimes <mark@stateful.net>

nemesis-arp(1), nemesis-dns(1), nemesis-ethernet(1), nemesis-icmp(1), nemesis-igmp(1), nemesis-ip(1), nemesis-ospf(1), nemesis-tcp(1), nemesis-udp(1)