Move rpcap-protocol.h to the top-level directory.

[libpcap] / pcap-rpcap.c

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002 - 2005 NetGroup, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
 * Copyright (c) 2005 - 2008 CACE Technologies, Davis (California)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 * 3. Neither the name of the Politecnico di Torino, CACE Technologies
 * nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
 * products derived from this software without specific prior written
 * permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
 * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
 * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include <string.h>             /* for strlen(), ... */
#include <stdlib.h>             /* for malloc(), free(), ... */
#include <stdarg.h>             /* for functions with variable number of arguments */
#include <errno.h>              /* for the errno variable */
#include "pcap-int.h"
#include "sockutils.h"
#include "rpcap-protocol.h"
#include "pcap-rpcap-int.h"

/*
 * \file pcap-rpcap.c
 *
 * This file keeps all the new functions that are needed for the RPCAP protocol.
 * Almost all the pcap functions need to be modified in order to become compatible
 * with the RPCAP protocol. However, you can find here only the ones that are completely new.
 *
 * This file keeps also the functions that are 'private', i.e. are needed by the RPCAP
 * protocol but are not exported to the user.
 *
 * \warning All the RPCAP functions that are allowed to return a buffer containing
 * the error description can return max PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE characters.
 * However there is no guarantees that the string will be zero-terminated.
 * Best practice is to define the errbuf variable as a char of size 'PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE+1'
 * and to insert manually a NULL character at the end of the buffer. This will
 * guarantee that no buffer overflows occur even if we use the printf() to show
 * the error on the screen.
 */

#define PCAP_STATS_STANDARD     0       /* Used by pcap_stats_rpcap to see if we want standard or extended statistics */
#ifdef _WIN32
#define PCAP_STATS_EX           1       /* Used by pcap_stats_rpcap to see if we want standard or extended statistics */
#endif

/* Keeps a list of all the opened connections in the active mode. */
struct activehosts *activeHosts;

/*
 * Private data for capturing remotely using the rpcap protocol.
 */
struct pcap_rpcap {
        /*
         * This is '1' if we're the network client; it is needed by several
         * functions (such as pcap_setfilter()) to know whether they have
         * to use the socket or have to open the local adapter.
         */
        int rmt_clientside;

        SOCKET rmt_sockctrl;            /* socket ID of the socket used for the control connection */
        SOCKET rmt_sockdata;            /* socket ID of the socket used for the data connection */
        int rmt_flags;                  /* we have to save flags, since they are passed by the pcap_open_live(), but they are used by the pcap_startcapture() */
        int rmt_capstarted;             /* 'true' if the capture is already started (needed to knoe if we have to call the pcap_startcapture() */
        char *currentfilter;            /* Pointer to a buffer (allocated at run-time) that stores the current filter. Needed when flag PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_RPCAP is turned on. */

        unsigned int TotNetDrops;       /* keeps the number of packets that have been dropped by the network */

        /*
         * This keeps the number of packets that have been received by the
         * application.
         *
         * Packets dropped by the kernel buffer are not counted in this
         * variable. It is always equal to (TotAccepted - TotDrops),
         * except for the case of remote capture, in which we have also
         * packets in flight, i.e. that have been transmitted by the remote
         * host, but that have not been received (yet) from the client.
         * In this case, (TotAccepted - TotDrops - TotNetDrops) gives a
         * wrong result, since this number does not corresponds always to
         * the number of packet received by the application. For this reason,
         * in the remote capture we need another variable that takes into
         * account of the number of packets actually received by the
         * application.
         */
        unsigned int TotCapt;

        struct pcap_stat stat;
        /* XXX */
        struct pcap *next;              /* list of open pcaps that need stuff cleared on close */
};

/****************************************************
 *                                                  *
 * Locally defined functions                        *
 *                                                  *
 ****************************************************/
static int rpcap_checkver(SOCKET sock, struct rpcap_header *header, char *errbuf);
static struct pcap_stat *rpcap_stats_rpcap(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_stat *ps, int mode);
static int pcap_pack_bpffilter(pcap_t *fp, char *sendbuf, int *sendbufidx, struct bpf_program *prog);
static int pcap_createfilter_norpcappkt(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog);
static int pcap_updatefilter_remote(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog);
static void pcap_save_current_filter_rpcap(pcap_t *fp, const char *filter);
static int pcap_setfilter_rpcap(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog);
static int pcap_setsampling_remote(pcap_t *p);

/****************************************************
 *                                                  *
 * Function bodies                                  *
 *                                                  *
 ****************************************************/

/*
 * \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief       It traslates (i.e. de-serializes) a 'rpcap_sockaddr'
 * structure from the network byte order to a 'sockaddr_in" or
 * 'sockaddr_in6' structure in the host byte order.
 *
 * It accepts an 'rpcap_sockaddr' structure as it is received from the
 * network, and checks the address family field against various values
 * to see whether it looks like an IPv4 address, an IPv6 address, or
 * neither of those.  It checks for multiple values in order to try
 * to handle older rpcap daemons that sent the native OS's 'sockaddr_in'
 * or 'sockaddr_in6' structures over the wire with some members
 * byte-swapped, and to handle the fact that AF_INET6 has different
 * values on different OSes.
 *
 * For IPv4 addresses, it converts the address family to host byte
 * order from network byte order and puts it into the structure,
 * sets the length if a sockaddr structure has a length, converts the
 * port number to host byte order from network byte order and puts
 * it into the structure, copies over the IPv4 address, and zeroes
 * out the zero padding.
 *
 * For IPv6 addresses, it converts the address family to host byte
 * order from network byte order and puts it into the structure,
 * sets the length if a sockaddr structure has a length, converts the
 * port number and flow information to host byte order from network
 * byte order and puts them into the structure, copies over the IPv6
 * address, and converts the scope ID to host byte order from network
 * byte order and puts it into the structure.
 *
 * The function will allocate the 'sockaddrout' variable according to the
 * address family in use. In case the address does not belong to the
 * AF_INET nor AF_INET6 families, 'sockaddrout' is not allocated and a
 * NULL pointer is returned.  This usually happens because that address
 * does not exist on the other host, or is of an address family other
 * than AF_INET or AF_INET6, so the RPCAP daemon sent a 'sockaddr_storage'
 * structure containing all 'zero' values.
 *
 * Older RPCAPDs sent the addresses over the wire in the OS's native
 * structure format.  For most OSes, this looks like the over-the-wire
 * format, but might have a different value for AF_INET6 than the value
 * on the machine receiving the reply.  For OSes with the newer BSD-style
 * sockaddr structures, this has, instead of a 2-byte address family,
 * a 1-byte structure length followed by a 1-byte address family.  The
 * RPCAPD code would put the address family in network byte order before
 * sending it; that would set it to 0 on a little-endian machine, as
 * htons() of any value between 1 and 255 would result in a value > 255,
 * with its lower 8 bits zero, so putting that back into a 1-byte field
 * would set it to 0.
 *
 * Therefore, for older RPCAPDs running on an OS with newer BSD-style
 * sockaddr structures, the family field, if treated as a big-endian
 * (network byte order) 16-bit field, would be:
 *
 *      (length << 8) | family if sent by a big-endian machine
 *      (length << 8) if sent by a little-endian machine
 *
 * For current RPCAPDs, and for older RPCAPDs running on an OS with
 * older BSD-style sockaddr structures, the family field, if treated
 * as a big-endian 16-bit field, would just contain the family.
 *
 * \param sockaddrin: a 'rpcap_sockaddr' pointer to the variable that has
 * to be de-serialized.
 *
 * \param sockaddrout: a 'sockaddr_storage' pointer to the variable that will contain
 * the de-serialized data. The structure returned can be either a 'sockaddr_in' or 'sockaddr_in6'.
 * This variable will be allocated automatically inside this function.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
 * that will contain the error message (in case there is one).
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' if some errors occurred. Basically, the error
 * can be only the fact that the malloc() failed to allocate memory.
 * The error message is returned in the 'errbuf' variable, while the deserialized address
 * is returned into the 'sockaddrout' variable.
 *
 * \warning This function supports only AF_INET and AF_INET6 address families.
 *
 * \warning The sockaddrout (if not NULL) must be deallocated by the user.
 */

/*
 * Possible IPv4 family values other than the designated over-the-wire value,
 * which is 2 (because everybody uses 2 for AF_INET4).
 */
#define SOCKADDR_IN_LEN         16      /* length of struct sockaddr_in */
#define SOCKADDR_IN6_LEN        28      /* length of struct sockaddr_in6 */
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET_BE      ((SOCKADDR_IN_LEN << 8) | 2)
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET_LE      (SOCKADDR_IN_LEN << 8)

/*
 * Possible IPv6 family values other than the designated over-the-wire value,
 * which is 23 (because that's what Windows uses, and most RPCAP servers
 * out there are probably running Windows, as WinPcap includes the server
 * but few if any UN*Xes build and ship it).
 *
 * The new BSD sockaddr structure format was in place before 4.4-Lite, so
 * all the free-software BSDs use it.
 */
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_BSD_BE         ((SOCKADDR_IN6_LEN << 8) | 24)  /* NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS */
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_FREEBSD_BE     ((SOCKADDR_IN6_LEN << 8) | 28)  /* FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD */
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_DARWIN_BE      ((SOCKADDR_IN6_LEN << 8) | 30)  /* macOS, iOS, anything else Darwin-based */
#define NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_LE             (SOCKADDR_IN6_LEN << 8)
#define LINUX_AF_INET6                  10
#define HPUX_AF_INET6                   22
#define AIX_AF_INET6                    24
#define SOLARIS_AF_INET6                26

int rpcap_deseraddr(struct rpcap_sockaddr *sockaddrin, struct sockaddr_storage **sockaddrout, char *errbuf)
{
        /* Warning: we support only AF_INET and AF_INET6 */
        switch (ntohs(sockaddrin->family))
        {
        case RPCAP_AF_INET:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET_BE:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET_LE:
                {
                struct rpcap_sockaddr_in *sockaddrin_ipv4;
                struct sockaddr_in *sockaddrout_ipv4;

                (*sockaddrout) = (struct sockaddr_storage *) malloc(sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
                if ((*sockaddrout) == NULL)
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                        return -1;
                }
                sockaddrin_ipv4 = (struct rpcap_sockaddr_in *) sockaddrin;
                sockaddrout_ipv4 = (struct sockaddr_in *) (*sockaddrout);
                sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_family = AF_INET;
                sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_port = ntohs(sockaddrin_ipv4->port);
                memcpy(&sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_addr, &sockaddrin_ipv4->addr, sizeof(sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_addr));
                memset(sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_zero, 0, sizeof(sockaddrout_ipv4->sin_zero));
                break;
                }

#ifdef AF_INET6
        case RPCAP_AF_INET6:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_BSD_BE:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_FREEBSD_BE:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_DARWIN_BE:
        case NEW_BSD_AF_INET6_LE:
        case LINUX_AF_INET6:
        case HPUX_AF_INET6:
        case AIX_AF_INET6:
        case SOLARIS_AF_INET6:
                {
                struct rpcap_sockaddr_in6 *sockaddrin_ipv6;
                struct sockaddr_in6 *sockaddrout_ipv6;

                (*sockaddrout) = (struct sockaddr_storage *) malloc(sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
                if ((*sockaddrout) == NULL)
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                        return -1;
                }
                sockaddrin_ipv6 = (struct rpcap_sockaddr_in6 *) sockaddrin;
                sockaddrout_ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) (*sockaddrout);
                sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
                sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_port = ntohs(sockaddrin_ipv6->port);
                sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_flowinfo = ntohl(sockaddrin_ipv6->flowinfo);
                memcpy(&sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_addr, &sockaddrin_ipv6->addr, sizeof(sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_addr));
                sockaddrout_ipv6->sin6_scope_id = ntohl(sockaddrin_ipv6->scope_id);
                break;
                }
#endif

        default:
                /*
                 * It is neither AF_INET nor AF_INET6 (or, if the OS doesn't
                 * support AF_INET6, it's not AF_INET).
                 */
                *sockaddrout = NULL;
                break;
        }
        return 0;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It reads a packet from the network socket. This does not make use of
 * callback (hence the "nocb" string into its name).
 *
 * This function is called by the several pcap_next_ex() when they detect that
 * we have a remote capture and they are the client side. In that case, they need
 * to read packets from the socket.
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_next_ex().
 *
 * \warning By choice, this function does not make use of semaphores. A smarter
 * implementation should put a semaphore into the data thread, and a signal will
 * be raised as soon as there is data into the socket buffer.
 * However this is complicated and it does not bring any advantages when reading
 * from the network, in which network delays can be much more important than
 * these optimizations. Therefore, we chose the following approach:
 * - the 'timeout' chosen by the user is split in two (half on the server side,
 * with the usual meaning, and half on the client side)
 * - this function checks for packets; if there are no packets, it waits for
 * timeout/2 and then it checks again. If packets are still missing, it returns,
 * otherwise it reads packets.
 */
static int pcap_read_nocb_remote(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_pkthdr **pkt_header, u_char **pkt_data)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = p->priv;        /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        struct rpcap_header *header;            /* general header according to the RPCAP format */
        struct rpcap_pkthdr *net_pkt_header;    /* header of the packet */
        char netbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];         /* size of the network buffer in which the packet is copied, just for UDP */
        uint32 totread;                         /* number of bytes (of payload) currently read from the network (referred to the current pkt) */
        int nread;
        int retval;                             /* generic return value */

        /* Structures needed for the select() call */
        struct timeval tv;                      /* maximum time the select() can block waiting for data */
        fd_set rfds;                            /* set of socket descriptors we have to check */

        /*
         * Define the packet buffer timeout, to be used in the select()
         * 'timeout', in pcap_t, is in milliseconds; we have to convert it into sec and microsec
         */
        tv.tv_sec = p->opt.timeout / 1000;
        tv.tv_usec = (p->opt.timeout - tv.tv_sec * 1000) * 1000;

        /* Watch out sockdata to see if it has input */
        FD_ZERO(&rfds);

        /*
         * 'fp->rmt_sockdata' has always to be set before calling the select(),
         * since it is cleared by the select()
         */
        FD_SET(pr->rmt_sockdata, &rfds);

        retval = select((int) pr->rmt_sockdata + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
        if (retval == -1)
        {
                sock_geterror("select(): ", p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                return -1;
        }

        /* There is no data waiting, so return '0' */
        if (retval == 0)
                return 0;

        /*
         * data is here; so, let's copy it into the user buffer.
         * I'm going to read a new packet; so I reset the number of bytes (payload only) read
         */
        totread = 0;

        /*
         * We have to define 'header' as a pointer to a larger buffer,
         * because in case of UDP we have to read all the message within a single call
         */
        header = (struct rpcap_header *) netbuf;
        net_pkt_header = (struct rpcap_pkthdr *) (netbuf + sizeof(struct rpcap_header));

        if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP)
        {
                /* Read the entire message from the network */
                if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockdata, netbuf, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_NO, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                        return -1;
        }
        else
        {
                if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockdata, netbuf, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                        return -1;
        }

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(p->errbuf, pr->rmt_sockdata, header, RPCAP_MSG_PACKET, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_PACKET)         /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                        return -1;      /* Do nothing; just exit from here; the error code is already into the errbuf */

                case -2:                /* The other endpoint sent a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        return 0;       /* Return 'no packets received' */

                default:
                        SOCK_ASSERT("Internal error", 1);
                        return 0;       /* Return 'no packets received' */
                }
        }

        /* In case of TCP, read the remaining of the packet from the socket */
        if (!(pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP))
        {
                /* Read the RPCAP packet header from the network */
                nread = sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockdata, (char *)net_pkt_header,
                    sizeof(struct rpcap_pkthdr), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
                    p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                if (nread == -1)
                        return -1;
                totread += nread;
        }

        if ((ntohl(net_pkt_header->caplen) + sizeof(struct pcap_pkthdr)) <= p->bufsize)
        {
                /* Initialize returned structures */
                *pkt_header = (struct pcap_pkthdr *) p->buffer;
                *pkt_data = (u_char*)p->buffer + sizeof(struct pcap_pkthdr);

                (*pkt_header)->caplen = ntohl(net_pkt_header->caplen);
                (*pkt_header)->len = ntohl(net_pkt_header->len);
                (*pkt_header)->ts.tv_sec = ntohl(net_pkt_header->timestamp_sec);
                (*pkt_header)->ts.tv_usec = ntohl(net_pkt_header->timestamp_usec);

                /*
                 * I don't update the counter of the packets dropped by the network since we're using TCP,
                 * therefore no packets are dropped. Just update the number of packets received correctly
                 */
                pr->TotCapt++;

                /* Copies the packet into the data buffer */
                if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP)
                {
                        unsigned int npkt;

                        /*
                         * In case of UDP the packet has already been read, we have to copy it into 'buffer'.
                         * Another option should be to declare 'netbuf' as 'static'. However this prevents
                         * using several pcap instances within the same process (because the static buffer is shared among
                         * all processes)
                         */
                        memcpy(*pkt_data, netbuf + sizeof(struct rpcap_header) + sizeof(struct rpcap_pkthdr), (*pkt_header)->caplen);

                        /* We're using UDP, so we need to update the counter of the packets dropped by the network */
                        npkt = ntohl(net_pkt_header->npkt);

                        if (pr->TotCapt != npkt)
                        {
                                pr->TotNetDrops += (npkt - pr->TotCapt);
                                pr->TotCapt = npkt;
                        }
                }
                else
                {
                        /* In case of TCP, read the remaining of the packet from the socket */
                        nread = sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockdata, *pkt_data,
                            (*pkt_header)->caplen, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
                            p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        if (nread == -1)
                                return -1;
                        totread += nread;

                        /* Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess */
                        /* This check has to be done only on TCP connections */
                        if (totread != ntohl(header->plen))
                                sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockdata, ntohl(header->plen) - totread, NULL, 0);
                }

                /* Packet read successfully */
                return 1;
        }
        else
        {
                pcap_snprintf(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Received a packet that is larger than the internal buffer size.");
                return -1;
        }
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It reads a packet from the network socket.
 *
 * This function is called by the several pcap_read() when they detect that
 * we have a remote capture and they are the client side. In that case, they need
 * to read packets from the socket.
 *
 * This function relies on the pcap_read_nocb_remote to deliver packets. The
 * difference, here, is that as soon as a packet is read, it is delivered
 * to the application by means of a callback function.
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_read().
 */
static int pcap_read_rpcap(pcap_t *p, int cnt, pcap_handler callback, u_char *user)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = p->priv;        /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        struct pcap_pkthdr *pkt_header;
        u_char *pkt_data;
        int n = 0;

        /*
         * If this is client-side, and we haven't already started
         * the capture, start it now.
         */
        if (pr->rmt_clientside)
        {
                /* We are on an remote capture */
                if (!pr->rmt_capstarted)
                {
                        /*
                         * The capture isn't started yet, so try to
                         * start it.
                         */
                        if (pcap_startcapture_remote(p))
                                return -1;
                }
        }

        while (n < cnt || PACKET_COUNT_IS_UNLIMITED(cnt))
        {
                /*
                 * Has "pcap_breakloop()" been called?
                 */
                if (p->break_loop) {
                        /*
                         * Yes - clear the flag that indicates that it
                         * has, and return PCAP_ERROR_BREAK to indicate
                         * that we were told to break out of the loop.
                         */
                        p->break_loop = 0;
                        return (PCAP_ERROR_BREAK);
                }

                /*
                 * Read some packets.
                 */
                if (pcap_read_nocb_remote(p, &pkt_header, &pkt_data) == 1)
                {
                        (*callback)(user, pkt_header, pkt_data);
                        n++;
                }
                else
                        return n;
        }
        return n;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It sends a CLOSE command to the capture server.
 *
 * This function is called when the user wants to close a pcap_t adapter.
 * In case we're capturing from the network, it sends a command to the other
 * peer that says 'ok, let's stop capturing'.
 * This function is called automatically when the user calls the pcap_close().
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_close().
 *
 * \warning Since we're closing the connection, we do not check for errors.
 */
static void pcap_cleanup_rpcap(pcap_t *fp)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        struct rpcap_header header;             /* header of the RPCAP packet */
        struct activehosts *temp;               /* temp var needed to scan the host list chain, to detect if we're in active mode */
        int active = 0;                         /* active mode or not? */

        /* detect if we're in active mode */
        temp = activeHosts;
        while (temp)
        {
                if (temp->sockctrl == pr->rmt_sockctrl)
                {
                        active = 1;
                        break;
                }
                temp = temp->next;
        }

        if (!active)
        {
                rpcap_createhdr(&header, RPCAP_MSG_CLOSE, 0, 0);

                /* I don't check for errors, since I'm going to close everything */
                sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL, 0);
        }
        else
        {
                rpcap_createhdr(&header, RPCAP_MSG_ENDCAP_REQ, 0, 0);

                /* I don't check for errors, since I'm going to close everything */
                sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL, 0);

                /* wait for the answer */
                /* Don't check what we got, since the present libpcap does not uses this pcap_t anymore */
                sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, NULL, 0);

                if (ntohl(header.plen) != 0)
                        sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen), NULL, 0);
        }

        if (pr->rmt_sockdata)
        {
                sock_close(pr->rmt_sockdata, NULL, 0);
                pr->rmt_sockdata = 0;
        }

        if ((!active) && (pr->rmt_sockctrl))
                sock_close(pr->rmt_sockctrl, NULL, 0);

        pr->rmt_sockctrl = 0;

        if (pr->currentfilter)
        {
                free(pr->currentfilter);
                pr->currentfilter = NULL;
        }

        /* To avoid inconsistencies in the number of sock_init() */
        sock_cleanup();
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It retrieves network statistics from the other peer.
 *
 * This function is just a void cointainer, since the work is done by the rpcap_stats_rpcap().
 * See that funcion for more details.
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_stats().
 */
static int pcap_stats_rpcap(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_stat *ps)
{
        struct pcap_stat *retval;

        retval = rpcap_stats_rpcap(p, ps, PCAP_STATS_STANDARD);

        if (retval)
                return 0;
        else
                return -1;
}

#ifdef _WIN32
/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It retrieves network statistics from the other peer.
 *
 * This function is just a void cointainer, since the work is done by the rpcap_stats_rpcap().
 * See that funcion for more details.
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_stats_ex().
 */
static struct pcap_stat *pcap_stats_ex_rpcap(pcap_t *p, int *pcap_stat_size)
{
        *pcap_stat_size = sizeof (p->stat);

        /* PCAP_STATS_EX (third param) means 'extended pcap_stats()' */
        return (rpcap_stats_rpcap(p, &(p->stat), PCAP_STATS_EX));
}
#endif

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It retrieves network statistics from the other peer.
 *
 * This function can be called in two modes:
 * - PCAP_STATS_STANDARD: if we want just standard statistics (i.e. the pcap_stats() )
 * - PCAP_STATS_EX: if we want extended statistics (i.e. the pcap_stats_ex() )
 *
 * This 'mode' parameter is needed because in the standard pcap_stats() the variable that keeps the
 * statistics is allocated by the user. Unfortunately, this structure has been extended in order
 * to keep new stats. However, if the user has a smaller structure and it passes it to the pcap_stats,
 * thid function will try to fill in more data than the size of the structure, so that the application
 * goes in memory overflow.
 * So, we need to know it we have to copy just the standard fields, or the extended fields as well.
 *
 * In case we want to copy the extended fields as well, the problem of memory overflow does no
 * longer exist because the structure pcap_stat is no longer allocated by the program;
 * it is allocated by the library instead.
 *
 * \param p: the pcap_t structure related to the current instance.
 *
 * \param ps: a 'pcap_stat' structure, needed for compatibility with pcap_stat(), in which
 * the structure is allocated by the user. In case of pcap_stats_ex, this structure and the
 * function return value point to the same variable.
 *
 * \param mode: one of PCAP_STATS_STANDARD or PCAP_STATS_EX.
 *
 * \return The structure that keeps the statistics, or NULL in case of error.
 * The error string is placed in the pcap_t structure.
 */
static struct pcap_stat *rpcap_stats_rpcap(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_stat *ps, int mode)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = p->priv;        /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        struct rpcap_header header;             /* header of the RPCAP packet */
        struct rpcap_stats netstats;            /* statistics sent on the network */
        uint32 totread = 0;                     /* number of bytes of the payload read from the socket */
        int nread;
        int retval;                             /* temp variable which stores functions return value */

        /*
         * If the capture has still to start, we cannot ask statistics to the other peer,
         * so we return a fake number
         */
        if (!pr->rmt_capstarted)
        {
                ps->ps_drop = 0;
                ps->ps_ifdrop = 0;
                ps->ps_recv = 0;
#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(HAVE_REMOTE)
                if (mode == PCAP_STATS_EX)
                {
                        ps->ps_capt = 0;
                        ps->ps_sent = 0;
                        ps->ps_netdrop = 0;
                }
#endif /* _WIN32 && HAVE_REMOTE */

                return ps;
        }

        rpcap_createhdr(&header, RPCAP_MSG_STATS_REQ, 0, 0);

        /* Send the PCAP_STATS command */
        if (sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        /* Receive the RPCAP stats reply message */
        if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                goto error;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(p->errbuf, pr->rmt_sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_STATS_REPLY, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_STATS_REPLY)            /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint send a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        goto error;

                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:           /* The other endpoint reported an error */
                        /* Update totread, since the rpcap_checkmsg() already purged the buffer */
                        totread = ntohl(header.plen);

                        /* Do nothing; just exit; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        goto error;

                default:
                        pcap_snprintf(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Internal error");
                        goto error;
                }
        }

        nread = sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&netstats,
            sizeof(struct rpcap_stats), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
            p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
        if (nread == -1)
                goto error;
        totread += nread;

        ps->ps_drop = ntohl(netstats.krnldrop);
        ps->ps_ifdrop = ntohl(netstats.ifdrop);
        ps->ps_recv = ntohl(netstats.ifrecv);
#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(HAVE_REMOTE)
        if (mode == PCAP_STATS_EX)
        {
                ps->ps_capt = pr->TotCapt;
                ps->ps_netdrop = pr->TotNetDrops;
                ps->ps_sent = ntohl(netstats.svrcapt);
        }
#endif /* _WIN32 && HAVE_REMOTE */

        /* Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0) == 1)
                        goto error;
        }

        return ps;

error:
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
                sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0);

        return NULL;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It opens a remote adapter by opening an RPCAP connection and so on.
 *
 * This function does basically the job of pcap_open_live() for a remote interface.
 * In other words, we have a pcap_read for win32, which reads packets from NPF,
 * another for LINUX, and so on. Now, we have a pcap_opensource_remote() as well.
 * The difference, here, is the capture thread does not start until the
 * pcap_startcapture_remote() is called.
 *
 * This is because, in remote capture, we cannot start capturing data as soon as the
 * 'open adapter' command is sent. Suppose the remote adapter is already overloaded;
 * if we start a capture (which, by default, has a NULL filter) the new traffic can
 * saturate the network.
 *
 * Instead, we want to "open" the adapter, then send a "start capture" command only
 * when we're ready to start the capture.
 * This function does this job: it sends an "open adapter" command (according to the
 * RPCAP protocol), but it does not start the capture.
 *
 * Since the other libpcap functions do not share this way of life, we have to make
 * some dirty things in order to make everyting working.
 *
 * \param fp: A pointer to a pcap_t structure that has been previously created with
 * \ref pcap_create().
 * \param source: see pcap_open().
 * \param auth: see pcap_open().
 *
 * \return 0 in case of success, -1 otherwise. In case of success, the pcap_t pointer in fp can be
 * used as a parameter to the following calls (pcap_compile() and so on). In case of
 * problems, fp->errbuf contains a text explanation of error.
 *
 * \warning In case we call the pcap_compile() and the capture is not started, the filter
 * will be saved into the pcap_t structure, and it will be sent to the other host later
 * (when the pcap_startcapture_remote() is called).
 */
int pcap_opensource_remote(pcap_t *fp, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth)
{
        char host[PCAP_BUF_SIZE], ctrlport[PCAP_BUF_SIZE], iface[PCAP_BUF_SIZE];

        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];        /* temporary buffer in which data to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        uint32 totread = 0;                     /* number of bytes of the payload read from the socket */
        int nread;
        int retval;                             /* store the return value of the functions */
        int active = 0;                         /* '1' if we're in active mode */

        /* socket-related variables */
        struct addrinfo hints;                  /* temp, needed to open a socket connection */
        struct addrinfo *addrinfo;              /* temp, needed to open a socket connection */
        SOCKET sockctrl = 0;                    /* socket descriptor of the control connection */

        /* RPCAP-related variables */
        struct rpcap_header header;             /* header of the RPCAP packet */
        struct rpcap_openreply openreply;       /* open reply message */

        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */

        /*
         * determine the type of the source (NULL, file, local, remote)
         * You must have a valid source string even if we're in active mode, because otherwise
         * the call to the following function will fail.
         */
        if (pcap_parsesrcstr(fp->opt.device, &retval, host, ctrlport, iface, fp->errbuf) == -1)
                return -1;

        if (retval != PCAP_SRC_IFREMOTE)
        {
                pcap_snprintf(fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "This function is able to open only remote interfaces");
                return -1;
        }

        addrinfo = NULL;

        /*
         * Warning: this call can be the first one called by the user.
         * For this reason, we have to initialize the WinSock support.
         */
        if (sock_init(fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                return -1;

        sockctrl = rpcap_remoteact_getsock(host, &active, fp->errbuf);
        if (sockctrl == INVALID_SOCKET)
                return -1;

        if (!active)
        {
                /*
                 * We're not in active mode; let's try to open a new
                 * control connection.
                 */
                memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
                hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
                hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;

                if (ctrlport[0] == 0)
                {
                        /* the user chose not to specify the port */
                        if (sock_initaddress(host, RPCAP_DEFAULT_NETPORT, &hints, &addrinfo, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                return -1;
                }
                else
                {
                        /* the user chose not to specify the port */
                        if (sock_initaddress(host, ctrlport, &hints, &addrinfo, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                return -1;
                }

                if ((sockctrl = sock_open(addrinfo, SOCKOPEN_CLIENT, 0, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
                        goto error;

                freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
                addrinfo = NULL;

                if (rpcap_sendauth(sockctrl, auth, fp->errbuf) == -1)
                        goto error;
        }

        /*
         * Now it's time to start playing with the RPCAP protocol
         * RPCAP open command: create the request message
         */
        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_OPEN_REQ, 0, (uint32) strlen(iface));

        if (sock_bufferize(iface, (int) strlen(iface), sendbuf, &sendbufidx,
                RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_BUFFERIZE, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        if (sock_send(sockctrl, sendbuf, sendbufidx, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        /* Receive the RPCAP open reply message */
        if (sock_recv(sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                goto error;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(fp->errbuf, sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_OPEN_REPLY, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_OPEN_REPLY)             /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint send a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        goto error;

                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:           /* The other endpoint reported an error */
                        /* Update totread, since the rpcap_checkmsg() already purged the buffer */
                        totread = ntohl(header.plen);
                        /* Do nothing; just exit; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        goto error;

                default:
                        pcap_snprintf(fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Internal error");
                        goto error;
                }
        }

        nread = sock_recv(sockctrl, (char *)&openreply,
            sizeof(struct rpcap_openreply), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
            fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
        if (nread == -1)
                goto error;
        totread += nread;

        /* Set proper fields into the pcap_t struct */
        fp->linktype = ntohl(openreply.linktype);
        fp->tzoff = ntohl(openreply.tzoff);
        pr->rmt_sockctrl = sockctrl;
        pr->rmt_clientside = 1;

        /* This code is duplicated from the end of this function */
        fp->read_op = pcap_read_rpcap;
        fp->save_current_filter_op = pcap_save_current_filter_rpcap;
        fp->setfilter_op = pcap_setfilter_rpcap;
        fp->getnonblock_op = NULL;      /* This is not implemented in remote capture */
        fp->setnonblock_op = NULL;      /* This is not implemented in remote capture */
        fp->stats_op = pcap_stats_rpcap;
#ifdef _WIN32
        fp->stats_ex_op = pcap_stats_ex_rpcap;
#endif
        fp->cleanup_op = pcap_cleanup_rpcap;

        /* Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0) == 1)
                        goto error;
        }
        return 0;

error:
        /*
         * When the connection has been established, we have to close it. So, at the
         * beginning of this function, if an error occur we return immediately with
         * a return NULL; when the connection is established, we have to come here
         * ('goto error;') in order to close everything properly.
         *
         * Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess
         */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
                sock_discard(sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0);

        if (addrinfo)
                freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);

        if (!active)
                sock_close(sockctrl, NULL, 0);

        return -1;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It starts a remote capture.
 *
 * This function is required since the RPCAP protocol decouples the 'open' from the
 * 'start capture' functions.
 * This function takes all the parameters needed (which have been stored into the pcap_t structure)
 * and sends them to the server.
 * If everything is fine, it creates a new child thread that reads data from the network
 * and puts the data into the user buffer.
 * The pcap_read() will read data from the user buffer, as usual.
 *
 * The remote capture acts like a new "kernel", which puts packets directly into
 * the buffer pointed by pcap_t.
 * In fact, this function does not rely on a kernel that reads packets and puts them
 * into the user buffer; it has to do that on its own.
 *
 * \param fp: the pcap_t descriptor of the device currently open.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' otherwise. The error message (if one)
 * is returned into the 'errbuf' field of the pcap_t structure.
 */
int pcap_startcapture_remote(pcap_t *fp)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];        /* temporary buffer in which data to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        char portdata[PCAP_BUF_SIZE];           /* temp variable needed to keep the network port for the data connection */
        uint32 totread = 0;                     /* number of bytes of the payload read from the socket */
        int nread;
        int retval;                             /* store the return value of the functions */
        int active = 0;                         /* '1' if we're in active mode */
        struct activehosts *temp;               /* temp var needed to scan the host list chain, to detect if we're in active mode */
        char host[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + 1];        /* numeric name of the other host */

        /* socket-related variables*/
        struct addrinfo hints;                  /* temp, needed to open a socket connection */
        struct addrinfo *addrinfo;              /* temp, needed to open a socket connection */
        SOCKET sockdata = 0;                    /* socket descriptor of the data connection */
        struct sockaddr_storage saddr;          /* temp, needed to retrieve the network data port chosen on the local machine */
        socklen_t saddrlen;                     /* temp, needed to retrieve the network data port chosen on the local machine */
        int ai_family;                          /* temp, keeps the address family used by the control connection */

        /* RPCAP-related variables*/
        struct rpcap_header header;                     /* header of the RPCAP packet */
        struct rpcap_startcapreq *startcapreq;          /* start capture request message */
        struct rpcap_startcapreply startcapreply;       /* start capture reply message */

        /* Variables related to the buffer setting */
        int res;
        socklen_t itemp;
        int sockbufsize = 0;

        /*
         * Let's check if sampling has been required.
         * If so, let's set it first
         */
        if (pcap_setsampling_remote(fp) != 0)
                return -1;

        /* detect if we're in active mode */
        temp = activeHosts;
        while (temp)
        {
                if (temp->sockctrl == pr->rmt_sockctrl)
                {
                        active = 1;
                        break;
                }
                temp = temp->next;
        }

        addrinfo = NULL;

        /*
         * Gets the complete sockaddr structure used in the ctrl connection
         * This is needed to get the address family of the control socket
         * Tip: I cannot save the ai_family of the ctrl sock in the pcap_t struct,
         * since the ctrl socket can already be open in case of active mode;
         * so I would have to call getpeername() anyway
         */
        saddrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
        if (getpeername(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen) == -1)
        {
                sock_geterror("getsockname(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                goto error;
        }
        ai_family = ((struct sockaddr_storage *) &saddr)->ss_family;

        /* Get the numeric address of the remote host we are connected to */
        if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &saddr, saddrlen, host,
                sizeof(host), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST))
        {
                sock_geterror("getnameinfo(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                goto error;
        }

        /*
         * Data connection is opened by the server toward the client if:
         * - we're using TCP, and the user wants us to be in active mode
         * - we're using UDP
         */
        if ((active) || (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP))
        {
                /*
                 * We have to create a new socket to receive packets
                 * We have to do that immediately, since we have to tell the other
                 * end which network port we picked up
                 */
                memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
                /* TEMP addrinfo is NULL in case of active */
                hints.ai_family = ai_family;    /* Use the same address family of the control socket */
                hints.ai_socktype = (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM;
                hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;    /* Data connection is opened by the server toward the client */

                /* Let's the server pick up a free network port for us */
                if (sock_initaddress(NULL, "0", &hints, &addrinfo, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                        goto error;

                if ((sockdata = sock_open(addrinfo, SOCKOPEN_SERVER,
                        1 /* max 1 connection in queue */, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
                        goto error;

                /* addrinfo is no longer used */
                freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
                addrinfo = NULL;

                /* get the complete sockaddr structure used in the data connection */
                saddrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
                if (getsockname(sockdata, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen) == -1)
                {
                        sock_geterror("getsockname(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        goto error;
                }

                /* Get the local port the system picked up */
                if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &saddr, saddrlen, NULL,
                        0, portdata, sizeof(portdata), NI_NUMERICSERV))
                {
                        sock_geterror("getnameinfo(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        goto error;
                }
        }

        /*
         * Now it's time to start playing with the RPCAP protocol
         * RPCAP start capture command: create the request message
         */
        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REQ, 0,
                sizeof(struct rpcap_startcapreq) + sizeof(struct rpcap_filter) + fp->fcode.bf_len * sizeof(struct rpcap_filterbpf_insn));

        /* Fill the structure needed to open an adapter remotely */
        startcapreq = (struct rpcap_startcapreq *) &sendbuf[sendbufidx];

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_startcapreq), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        memset(startcapreq, 0, sizeof(struct rpcap_startcapreq));

        /* By default, apply half the timeout on one side, half of the other */
        fp->opt.timeout = fp->opt.timeout / 2;
        startcapreq->read_timeout = htonl(fp->opt.timeout);

        /* portdata on the openreq is meaningful only if we're in active mode */
        if ((active) || (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP))
        {
                sscanf(portdata, "%d", (int *)&(startcapreq->portdata));        /* cast to avoid a compiler warning */
                startcapreq->portdata = htons(startcapreq->portdata);
        }

        startcapreq->snaplen = htonl(fp->snapshot);
        startcapreq->flags = 0;

        if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_PROMISCUOUS)
                startcapreq->flags |= RPCAP_STARTCAPREQ_FLAG_PROMISC;
        if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP)
                startcapreq->flags |= RPCAP_STARTCAPREQ_FLAG_DGRAM;
        if (active)
                startcapreq->flags |= RPCAP_STARTCAPREQ_FLAG_SERVEROPEN;

        startcapreq->flags = htons(startcapreq->flags);

        /* Pack the capture filter */
        if (pcap_pack_bpffilter(fp, &sendbuf[sendbufidx], &sendbufidx, &fp->fcode))
                goto error;

        if (sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, sendbuf, sendbufidx, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                goto error;

        /* Receive the RPCAP start capture reply message */
        if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                goto error;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(fp->errbuf, pr->rmt_sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REPLY, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REPLY)         /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint send a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        goto error;

                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:           /* The other endpoint reported an error */
                        /* Update totread, since the rpcap_checkmsg() already purged the buffer */
                        totread = ntohl(header.plen);
                        /* Do nothing; just exit; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        goto error;

                default:
                        pcap_snprintf(fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Internal error");
                        goto error;
                }
        }

        nread = sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&startcapreply,
            sizeof(struct rpcap_startcapreply), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
            fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
        if (nread == -1)
                goto error;
        totread += nread;

        /*
         * In case of UDP data stream, the connection is always opened by the daemon
         * So, this case is already covered by the code above.
         * Now, we have still to handle TCP connections, because:
         * - if we're in active mode, we have to wait for a remote connection
         * - if we're in passive more, we have to start a connection
         *
         * We have to do he job in two steps because in case we're opening a TCP connection, we have
         * to tell the port we're using to the remote side; in case we're accepting a TCP
         * connection, we have to wait this info from the remote side.
         */
        if (!(pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP))
        {
                if (!active)
                {
                        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
                        hints.ai_family = ai_family;            /* Use the same address family of the control socket */
                        hints.ai_socktype = (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP) ? SOCK_DGRAM : SOCK_STREAM;
                        pcap_snprintf(portdata, PCAP_BUF_SIZE, "%d", ntohs(startcapreply.portdata));

                        /* Let's the server pick up a free network port for us */
                        if (sock_initaddress(host, portdata, &hints, &addrinfo, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                goto error;

                        if ((sockdata = sock_open(addrinfo, SOCKOPEN_CLIENT, 0, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)) == INVALID_SOCKET)
                                goto error;

                        /* addrinfo is no longer used */
                        freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
                        addrinfo = NULL;
                }
                else
                {
                        SOCKET socktemp;        /* We need another socket, since we're going to accept() a connection */

                        /* Connection creation */
                        saddrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);

                        socktemp = accept(sockdata, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen);

                        if (socktemp == -1)
                        {
                                sock_geterror("accept(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                                goto error;
                        }

                        /* Now that I accepted the connection, the server socket is no longer needed */
                        sock_close(sockdata, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        sockdata = socktemp;
                }
        }

        /* Let's save the socket of the data connection */
        pr->rmt_sockdata = sockdata;

        /* Allocates WinPcap/libpcap user buffer, which is a socket buffer in case of a remote capture */
        /* It has the same size of the one used on the other side of the connection */
        fp->bufsize = ntohl(startcapreply.bufsize);

        /* Let's get the actual size of the socket buffer */
        itemp = sizeof(sockbufsize);

        res = getsockopt(sockdata, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (char *)&sockbufsize, &itemp);
        if (res == -1)
        {
                sock_geterror("pcap_startcapture_remote()", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                SOCK_ASSERT(fp->errbuf, 1);
        }

        /*
         * Warning: on some kernels (e.g. Linux), the size of the user buffer does not take
         * into account the pcap_header and such, and it is set equal to the snaplen.
         * In my view, this is wrong (the meaning of the bufsize became a bit strange).
         * So, here bufsize is the whole size of the user buffer.
         * In case the bufsize returned is too small, let's adjust it accordingly.
         */
        if (fp->bufsize <= (u_int) fp->snapshot)
                fp->bufsize += sizeof(struct pcap_pkthdr);

        /* if the current socket buffer is smaller than the desired one */
        if ((u_int) sockbufsize < fp->bufsize)
        {
                /* Loop until the buffer size is OK or the original socket buffer size is larger than this one */
                while (1)
                {
                        res = setsockopt(sockdata, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (char *)&(fp->bufsize), sizeof(fp->bufsize));

                        if (res == 0)
                                break;

                        /*
                         * If something goes wrong, half the buffer size (checking that it does not become smaller than
                         * the current one)
                         */
                        fp->bufsize /= 2;

                        if ((u_int) sockbufsize >= fp->bufsize)
                        {
                                fp->bufsize = sockbufsize;
                                break;
                        }
                }
        }

        /*
         * Let's allocate the packet; this is required in order to put the packet somewhere when
         * extracting data from the socket
         * Since buffering has already been done in the socket buffer, here we need just a buffer,
         * whose size is equal to the pcap header plus the snapshot length
         */
        fp->bufsize = fp->snapshot + sizeof(struct pcap_pkthdr);

        fp->buffer = (u_char *)malloc(fp->bufsize);
        if (fp->buffer == NULL)
        {
                pcap_snprintf(fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                goto error;
        }

        /* Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0) == 1)
                        goto error;
        }

        /*
         * In case the user does not want to capture RPCAP packets, let's update the filter
         * We have to update it here (instead of sending it into the 'StartCapture' message
         * because when we generate the 'start capture' we do not know (yet) all the ports
         * we're currently using.
         */
        if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_RPCAP)
        {
                struct bpf_program fcode;

                if (pcap_createfilter_norpcappkt(fp, &fcode) == -1)
                        goto error;

                /* We cannot use 'pcap_setfilter_rpcap' because formally the capture has not been started yet */
                /* (the 'pr->rmt_capstarted' variable will be updated some lines below) */
                if (pcap_updatefilter_remote(fp, &fcode) == -1)
                        goto error;

                pcap_freecode(&fcode);
        }

        pr->rmt_capstarted = 1;
        return 0;

error:
        /*
         * When the connection has been established, we have to close it. So, at the
         * beginning of this function, if an error occur we return immediately with
         * a return NULL; when the connection is established, we have to come here
         * ('goto error;') in order to close everything properly.
         *
         * Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess
         */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
                sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0);

        if ((sockdata) && (sockdata != -1))             /* we can be here because sockdata said 'error' */
                sock_close(sockdata, NULL, 0);

        if (!active)
                sock_close(pr->rmt_sockctrl, NULL, 0);

        /*
         * We do not have to call pcap_close() here, because this function is always called
         * by the user in case something bad happens
         */
#if 0
        if (fp)
        {
                pcap_close(fp);
                fp= NULL;
        }
#endif

        return -1;
}

/*
 * \brief Takes a bpf program and sends it to the other host.
 *
 * This function can be called in two cases:
 * - the pcap_startcapture() is called (we have to send the filter along with
 * the 'start capture' command)
 * - we want to udpate the filter during a capture (i.e. the pcap_setfilter()
 * is called when the capture is still on)
 *
 * This function serializes the filter into the sending buffer ('sendbuf', passed
 * as a parameter) and return back. It does not send anything on the network.
 *
 * \param fp: the pcap_t descriptor of the device currently opened.
 *
 * \param sendbuf: the buffer on which the serialized data has to copied.
 *
 * \param sendbufidx: it is used to return the abounf of bytes copied into the buffer.
 *
 * \param prog: the bpf program we have to copy.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' otherwise. The error message (if one)
 * is returned into the 'errbuf' field of the pcap_t structure.
 */
static int pcap_pack_bpffilter(pcap_t *fp, char *sendbuf, int *sendbufidx, struct bpf_program *prog)
{
        struct rpcap_filter *filter;
        struct rpcap_filterbpf_insn *insn;
        struct bpf_insn *bf_insn;
        struct bpf_program fake_prog;           /* To be used just in case the user forgot to set a filter */
        unsigned int i;

        if (prog->bf_len == 0)  /* No filters have been specified; so, let's apply a "fake" filter */
        {
                if (pcap_compile(fp, &fake_prog, NULL /* buffer */, 1, 0) == -1)
                        return -1;

                prog = &fake_prog;
        }

        filter = (struct rpcap_filter *) sendbuf;

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_filter), NULL, sendbufidx,
                RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        filter->filtertype = htons(RPCAP_UPDATEFILTER_BPF);
        filter->nitems = htonl((int32)prog->bf_len);

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, prog->bf_len * sizeof(struct rpcap_filterbpf_insn),
                NULL, sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        insn = (struct rpcap_filterbpf_insn *) (filter + 1);
        bf_insn = prog->bf_insns;

        for (i = 0; i < prog->bf_len; i++)
        {
                insn->code = htons(bf_insn->code);
                insn->jf = bf_insn->jf;
                insn->jt = bf_insn->jt;
                insn->k = htonl(bf_insn->k);

                insn++;
                bf_insn++;
        }

        return 0;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief Update a filter on a remote host.
 *
 * This function is called when the user wants to update a filter.
 * In case we're capturing from the network, it sends the filter to the other peer.
 * This function is *not* called automatically when the user calls the pcap_setfilter().
 * There will be two cases:
 * - the capture is already on: in this case, pcap_setfilter() calls pcap_updatefilter_remote()
 * - the capture has not started yet: in this case, pcap_setfilter() stores the filter into
 * the pcap_t structure, and then the filter is sent with the pcap_startcap().
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_setfilter().
 *
 * \warning This function *does not* clear the packet currently into the buffers. Therefore,
 * the user has to expect to receive some packets that are related to the previous filter.
 * If you want to discard all the packets before applying a new filter, you have to close
 * the current capture session and start a new one.
 */
static int pcap_updatefilter_remote(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        int retval;                             /* general variable used to keep the return value of other functions */
        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];        /* temporary buffer in which data to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        struct rpcap_header header;             /* To keep the reply message */

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL, &sendbufidx,
                RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REQ, 0,
                sizeof(struct rpcap_filter) + prog->bf_len * sizeof(struct rpcap_filterbpf_insn));

        if (pcap_pack_bpffilter(fp, &sendbuf[sendbufidx], &sendbufidx, prog))
                return -1;

        if (sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, sendbuf, sendbufidx, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        /* Waits for the answer */
        if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                return -1;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(fp->errbuf, pr->rmt_sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REPLY, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REPLY)             /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint sent a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        /* Do nothing; just exit from here; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        return -1;

                default:
                        SOCK_ASSERT("Internal error", 0);
                        return -1;
                }
        }

        if (ntohl(header.plen) != 0)    /* the message has an unexpected size */
        {
                if (sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen), fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                        return -1;
        }

        return 0;
}

static void
pcap_save_current_filter_rpcap(pcap_t *fp, const char *filter)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */

        /*
         * Check if:
         *  - We are on an remote capture
         *  - we do not want to capture RPCAP traffic
         *
         * If so, we have to save the current filter, because we have to
         * add some piece of stuff later
         */
        if (pr->rmt_clientside &&
            (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_RPCAP))
        {
                if (pr->currentfilter)
                        free(pr->currentfilter);

                if (filter == NULL)
                        filter = "";

                pr->currentfilter = strdup(filter);
        }
}

/*
 * \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief Send a filter to a remote host.
 *
 * This function is called when the user wants to set a filter.
 * In case we're capturing from the network, it sends the filter to the other peer.
 * This function is called automatically when the user calls the pcap_setfilter().
 *
 * Parameters and return values are exactly the same of the pcap_setfilter().
 */
static int pcap_setfilter_rpcap(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */

        if (!pr->rmt_capstarted)
        {
                /* copy filter into the pcap_t structure */
                if (install_bpf_program(fp, prog) == -1)
                        return -1;
                return 0;
        }

        /* we have to update a filter during run-time */
        if (pcap_updatefilter_remote(fp, prog))
                return -1;

        return 0;
}

/*
 * \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief Update the current filter in order not to capture rpcap packets.
 *
 * This function is called *only* when the user wants exclude RPCAP packets
 * related to the current session from the captured packets.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' otherwise. The error message (if one)
 * is returned into the 'errbuf' field of the pcap_t structure.
 */
static int pcap_createfilter_norpcappkt(pcap_t *fp, struct bpf_program *prog)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = fp->priv;       /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        int RetVal = 0;

        /* We do not want to capture our RPCAP traffic. So, let's update the filter */
        if (pr->rmt_flags & PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_RPCAP)
        {
                struct sockaddr_storage saddr;          /* temp, needed to retrieve the network data port chosen on the local machine */
                socklen_t saddrlen;                                     /* temp, needed to retrieve the network data port chosen on the local machine */
                char myaddress[128];
                char myctrlport[128];
                char mydataport[128];
                char peeraddress[128];
                char peerctrlport[128];
                char *newfilter;
                const int newstringsize = 1024;
                size_t currentfiltersize;

                /* Get the name/port of the other peer */
                saddrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
                if (getpeername(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen) == -1)
                {
                        sock_geterror("getpeername(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &saddr, saddrlen, peeraddress,
                        sizeof(peeraddress), peerctrlport, sizeof(peerctrlport), NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV))
                {
                        sock_geterror("getnameinfo(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                /* We cannot check the data port, because this is available only in case of TCP sockets */
                /* Get the name/port of the current host */
                if (getsockname(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen) == -1)
                {
                        sock_geterror("getsockname(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                /* Get the local port the system picked up */
                if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &saddr, saddrlen, myaddress,
                        sizeof(myaddress), myctrlport, sizeof(myctrlport), NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV))
                {
                        sock_geterror("getnameinfo(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                /* Let's now check the data port */
                if (getsockname(pr->rmt_sockdata, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, &saddrlen) == -1)
                {
                        sock_geterror("getsockname(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                /* Get the local port the system picked up */
                if (getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &saddr, saddrlen, NULL, 0, mydataport, sizeof(mydataport), NI_NUMERICSERV))
                {
                        sock_geterror("getnameinfo(): ", fp->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        return -1;
                }

                currentfiltersize = pr->currentfilter ? strlen(pr->currentfilter) : 0;

                newfilter = (char *)malloc(currentfiltersize + newstringsize + 1);

                if (currentfiltersize)
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(newfilter, currentfiltersize + newstringsize,
                                "(%s) and not (host %s and host %s and port %s and port %s) and not (host %s and host %s and port %s)",
                                pr->currentfilter, myaddress, peeraddress, myctrlport, peerctrlport, myaddress, peeraddress, mydataport);
                }
                else
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(newfilter, currentfiltersize + newstringsize,
                                "not (host %s and host %s and port %s and port %s) and not (host %s and host %s and port %s)",
                                myaddress, peeraddress, myctrlport, peerctrlport, myaddress, peeraddress, mydataport);
                }

                newfilter[currentfiltersize + newstringsize] = 0;

                /*
                 * This is only an hack to prevent the save_current_filter
                 * routine, which will be called when we call pcap_compile(),
                 * from saving the modified filter.
                 */
                pr->rmt_clientside = 0;

                if (pcap_compile(fp, prog, newfilter, 1, 0) == -1)
                        RetVal = -1;

                /* Undo the hack. */
                pr->rmt_clientside = 1;

                free(newfilter);
        }

        return RetVal;
}

/*
 * \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief Set sampling parameters in the remote host.
 *
 * This function is called when the user wants to set activate sampling on the remote host.
 *
 * Sampling parameters are defined into the 'pcap_t' structure.
 *
 * \param p: the pcap_t descriptor of the device currently opened.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is OK, '-1' is something goes wrong. The error message is returned
 * in the 'errbuf' member of the pcap_t structure.
 */
static int pcap_setsampling_remote(pcap_t *p)
{
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr = p->priv;        /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        int retval;                             /* general variable used to keep the return value of other functions */
        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];/* temporary buffer in which data to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        struct rpcap_header header;             /* To keep the reply message */
        struct rpcap_sampling *sampling_pars;   /* Structure that is needed to send sampling parameters to the remote host */

        /* If no samping is requested, return 'ok' */
        if (p->rmt_samp.method == PCAP_SAMP_NOSAMP)
                return 0;

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_SETSAMPLING_REQ, 0, sizeof(struct rpcap_sampling));

        /* Fill the structure needed to open an adapter remotely */
        sampling_pars = (struct rpcap_sampling *) &sendbuf[sendbufidx];

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_sampling), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        memset(sampling_pars, 0, sizeof(struct rpcap_sampling));

        sampling_pars->method = p->rmt_samp.method;
        sampling_pars->value = htonl(p->rmt_samp.value);

        if (sock_send(pr->rmt_sockctrl, sendbuf, sendbufidx, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        /* Waits for the answer */
        if (sock_recv(pr->rmt_sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                return -1;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(p->errbuf, pr->rmt_sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_SETSAMPLING_REPLY, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_SETSAMPLING_REPLY)              /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint sent a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:
                        /* Do nothing; just exit from here; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        return -1;

                default:
                        SOCK_ASSERT("Internal error", 0);
                        return -1;
                }
        }

        if (ntohl(header.plen) != 0)    /* the message has an unexpected size */
        {
                if (sock_discard(pr->rmt_sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen), p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                        return -1;
        }

        return 0;

}

/*********************************************************
 *                                                       *
 * Miscellaneous functions                               *
 *                                                       *
 *********************************************************/

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 * \brief It sends a RPCAP error to the other peer.
 *
 * This function has to be called when the main program detects an error. This function
 * will send on the other peer the 'buffer' specified by the user.
 * This function *does not* request a RPCAP CLOSE connection. A CLOSE command must be sent
 * explicitly by the program, since we do not know it the error can be recovered in some
 * way or it is a non-recoverable one.
 *
 * \param sock: the socket we are currently using.
 *
 * \param error: an user-allocated (and '0' terminated) buffer that contains the error
 * description that has to be transmitted on the other peer. The error message cannot
 * be longer than PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE.
 *
 * \param errcode: a integer which tells the other party the type of error we had;
 * currently is is not too much used.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
 * that will contain the error message (in case there is one). It could be network problem.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' if some errors occurred. The error message is returned
 * in the 'errbuf' variable.
 */
int rpcap_senderror(SOCKET sock, char *error, unsigned short errcode, char *errbuf)
{
        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];        /* temporary buffer in which data to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        uint16 length;

        length = (uint16)strlen(error);

        if (length > PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
                length = PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, errcode, length);

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL, &sendbufidx,
                RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        if (sock_bufferize(error, length, sendbuf, &sendbufidx,
                RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_BUFFERIZE, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        if (sock_send(sock, sendbuf, sendbufidx, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        return 0;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 * \brief Sends the authentication message.
 *
 * It sends the authentication parameters on the control socket.
 * This function is required in order to open the connection with the other end party.
 *
 * \param sock: the socket we are currently using.
 *
 * \param auth: authentication parameters that have to be sent.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
 * that will contain the error message (in case there is one). It could be network problem
 * of the fact that the authorization failed.
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' if some errors occurred. The error message is returned
 * in the 'errbuf' variable.
 * The error message could be also 'the authentication failed'.
 */
int rpcap_sendauth(SOCKET sock, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, char *errbuf)
{
        char sendbuf[RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE];        /* temporary buffer in which data that has to be sent is buffered */
        int sendbufidx = 0;                     /* index which keeps the number of bytes currently buffered */
        uint16 length;                          /* length of the payload of this message */
        struct rpcap_auth *rpauth;
        uint16 auth_type;
        struct rpcap_header header;
        int retval;                             /* temp variable which stores functions return value */
        size_t str_length;

        if (auth)
        {
                auth_type = auth->type;

                switch (auth->type)
                {
                case RPCAP_RMTAUTH_NULL:
                        length = sizeof(struct rpcap_auth);
                        break;

                case RPCAP_RMTAUTH_PWD:
                        length = sizeof(struct rpcap_auth);
                        if (auth->username)
                        {
                                str_length = strlen(auth->username);
                                if (str_length > 65535)
                                {
                                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "User name is too long (> 65535 bytes)");
                                        return -1;
                                }
                                length += (uint16)str_length;
                        }
                        if (auth->password)
                        {
                                str_length = strlen(auth->password);
                                if (str_length > 65535)
                                {
                                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Password is too long (> 65535 bytes)");
                                        return -1;
                                }
                                length += (uint16)str_length;
                        }
                        break;

                default:
                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Authentication type not recognized.");
                        return -1;
                }
        }
        else
        {
                auth_type = RPCAP_RMTAUTH_NULL;
                length = sizeof(struct rpcap_auth);
        }


        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        rpcap_createhdr((struct rpcap_header *) sendbuf, RPCAP_MSG_AUTH_REQ, 0, length);

        rpauth = (struct rpcap_auth *) &sendbuf[sendbufidx];

        if (sock_bufferize(NULL, sizeof(struct rpcap_auth), NULL,
                &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_CHECKONLY, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        memset(rpauth, 0, sizeof(struct rpcap_auth));

        rpauth->type = htons(auth_type);

        if (auth_type == RPCAP_RMTAUTH_PWD)
        {
                if (auth->username)
                        rpauth->slen1 = (uint16)strlen(auth->username);
                else
                        rpauth->slen1 = 0;

                if (sock_bufferize(auth->username, rpauth->slen1, sendbuf,
                        &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_BUFFERIZE, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                        return -1;

                if (auth->password)
                        rpauth->slen2 = (uint16)strlen(auth->password);
                else
                        rpauth->slen2 = 0;

                if (sock_bufferize(auth->password, rpauth->slen2, sendbuf,
                        &sendbufidx, RPCAP_NETBUF_SIZE, SOCKBUF_BUFFERIZE, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                        return -1;

                rpauth->slen1 = htons(rpauth->slen1);
                rpauth->slen2 = htons(rpauth->slen2);
        }

        if (sock_send(sock, sendbuf, sendbufidx, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                return -1;

        if (sock_recv(sock, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                return -1;

        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(errbuf, sock, &header, RPCAP_MSG_AUTH_REPLY, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_AUTH_REPLY)             /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:                /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:                /* The other endpoint sent a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:                /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        /* Do nothing; just exit from here; the error code is already into the errbuf */
                        return -1;

                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:
                        return -1;

                default:
                        SOCK_ASSERT("Internal error", 0);
                        return -1;
                }
        }

        if (ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(sock, ntohl(header.plen), errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                        return -1;
        }

        return 0;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 * \brief Creates a structure of type rpcap_header.
 *
 * This function is provided just because the creation of an rpcap header is quite a common
 * task. It accepts all the values that appears into an rpcap_header, and it puts them in
 * place using the proper hton() calls.
 *
 * \param header: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer which will contain the serialized
 * header, ready to be sent on the network.
 *
 * \param type: a value (in the host by order) which will be placed into the header.type
 * field and that represents the type of the current message.
 *
 * \param value: a value (in the host by order) which will be placed into the header.value
 * field and that has a message-dependent meaning.
 *
 * \param length: a value (in the host by order) which will be placed into the header.length
 * field and that represents the payload length of the message.
 *
 * \return Nothing. The serialized header is returned into the 'header' variable.
 */
void rpcap_createhdr(struct rpcap_header *header, uint8 type, uint16 value, uint32 length)
{
        memset(header, 0, sizeof(struct rpcap_header));

        header->ver = RPCAP_VERSION;
        header->type = type;
        header->value = htons(value);
        header->plen = htonl(length);
}

/* ingroup remote_pri_func
 * \brief Checks if the header of the received message is correct.
 *
 * This function is a way to easily check if the message received, in a certain
 * state of the RPCAP protocol Finite State Machine, is valid. This function accepts,
 * as a parameter, the list of message types that are allowed in a certain situation,
 * and it returns the one which occurs.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
 * that will contain the error message (in case there is one). It could be either problem
 * occurred inside this function (e.g. a network problem in case it tries to send an
 * error on the other peer and the send() call fails), an error message which has been
 * sent to us from the other party, or a version error (the message receive has a version
 * number that is incompatible with our).
 *
 * \param sock: the socket that has to be used to receive data. This function can
 * read data from socket in case the version contained into the message is not compatible
 * with our. In that case, all the message is purged from the socket, so that the following
 * recv() calls will return a new message.
 *
 * \param header: a pointer to and 'rpcap_header' structure that keeps the data received from
 * the network (still in network byte order) and that has to be checked.
 *
 * \param first: this function has a variable number of parameters. From this point on,
 * all the messages that are valid in this context must be passed as parameters.
 * The message type list must be terminated with a '0' value, the null message type,
 * which means 'no more types to check'. The RPCAP protocol does not define anything with
 * message type equal to zero, so there is no ambiguity in using this value as a list terminator.
 *
 * \return The message type of the message that has been detected. In case of errors (e.g. the
 * header contains a type that is not listed among the allowed types), this function will
 * return the following codes:
 * - (-1) if the version is incompatible.
 * - (-2) if the code is not among the one listed into the parameters list
 * - (-3) if a network error (connection reset, ...)
 * - RPCAP_MSG_ERROR if the message is an error message (it follow that the RPCAP_MSG_ERROR
 * could not be present in the allowed message-types list, because this function checks
 * for errors anyway)
 *
 * In case either the version is incompatible or nothing matches (i.e. it returns '-1' or '-2'),
 * it discards the message body (i.e. it reads the remaining part of the message from the
 * network and it discards it) so that the application is ready to receive a new message.
 */
int rpcap_checkmsg(char *errbuf, SOCKET sock, struct rpcap_header *header, uint8 first, ...)
{
        va_list ap;
        uint8 type;
        int32 len;

        va_start(ap, first);

        /* Check if the present version of the protocol can handle this message */
        if (rpcap_checkver(sock, header, errbuf))
        {
                SOCK_ASSERT(errbuf, 1);

                va_end(ap);
                return -1;
        }

        type = first;

        while (type != 0)
        {
                /*
                 * The message matches with one of the types listed
                 * There is no need of conversions since both values are uint8
                 *
                 * Check if the other side reported an error.
                 * If yes, it retrieves it and it returns it back to the caller
                 */
                if (header->type == RPCAP_MSG_ERROR)
                {
                        len = ntohl(header->plen);

                        if (len >= PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
                        {
                                if (sock_recv(sock, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE - 1, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                                        return -3;

                                sock_discard(sock, len - (PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE - 1), NULL, 0);

                                /* Put '\0' at the end of the string */
                                errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE - 1] = 0;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                if (sock_recv(sock, errbuf, len, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                        return -3;

                                /* Put '\0' at the end of the string */
                                errbuf[len] = 0;
                        }

                        va_end(ap);
                        return header->type;
                }

                if (header->type == type)
                {
                        va_end(ap);
                        return header->type;
                }

                /* get next argument */
                type = va_arg(ap, int);
        }

        /* we already have an error, so please discard this one */
        sock_discard(sock, ntohl(header->plen), NULL, 0);

        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "The other endpoint sent a message that is not allowed here.");
        SOCK_ASSERT(errbuf, 1);

        va_end(ap);
        return -2;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 * \brief Checks if the version contained into the message is compatible with
 * the one handled by this implementation.
 *
 * Right now, this function does not have any sophisticated task: if the versions
 * are different, it returns -1 and it discards the message.
 * It is expected that in the future this message will become more complex.
 *
 * \param sock: the socket that has to be used to receive data. This function can
 * read data from socket in case the version contained into the message is not compatible
 * with our. In that case, all the message is purged from the socket, so that the following
 * recv() calls will return a new (clean) message.
 *
 * \param header: a pointer to and 'rpcap_header' structure that keeps the data received from
 * the network (still in network byte order) and that has to be checked.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)
 * that will contain the error message (in case there is one). The error message is
 * "incompatible version".
 *
 * \return '0' if everything is fine, '-1' if some errors occurred. The error message is returned
 * in the 'errbuf' variable.
 */
static int rpcap_checkver(SOCKET sock, struct rpcap_header *header, char *errbuf)
{
        /*
         * This is a sample function.
         *
         * In the real world, you have to check the type code,
         * and decide accordingly.
         */
        if (header->ver != RPCAP_VERSION)
        {
                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Incompatible version number: message discarded.");

                /* we already have an error, so please discard this one */
                sock_discard(sock, ntohl(header->plen), NULL, 0);
                return -1;
        }

        return 0;
}

/* \ingroup remote_pri_func
 *
 * \brief It returns the socket currently used for this active connection
 * (active mode only) and provides an indication of whether this connection
 * is in active mode or not.
 *
 * This function is just for internal use; it returns the socket ID of the
 * active connection currently opened.
 *
 * \param host: a string that keeps the host name of the host for which we
 * want to get the socket ID for that active connection.
 *
 * \param isactive: a pointer to an int that is set to 1 if there's an
 * active connection to that host and 0 otherwise.
 *
 * \param errbuf: a pointer to a user-allocated buffer (of size
 * PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) that will contain the error message (in case
 * there is one).
 *
 * \return the socket identifier if everything is fine, '0' if this host
 * is not in the active host list. An indication of whether this host
 * is in the active host list is returned into the isactive variable.
 * It returns 'INVALID_SOCKET' in case of error. The error message is
 * returned into the errbuf variable.
 */
SOCKET rpcap_remoteact_getsock(const char *host, int *isactive, char *errbuf)
{
        struct activehosts *temp;                       /* temp var needed to scan the host list chain */
        struct addrinfo hints, *addrinfo, *ai_next;     /* temp var needed to translate between hostname to its address */
        int retval;

        /* retrieve the network address corresponding to 'host' */
        addrinfo = NULL;
        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
        hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;

        retval = getaddrinfo(host, "0", &hints, &addrinfo);
        if (retval != 0)
        {
                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "getaddrinfo() %s", gai_strerror(retval));
                *isactive = 0;
                return INVALID_SOCKET;
        }

        temp = activeHosts;

        while (temp)
        {
                ai_next = addrinfo;
                while (ai_next)
                {
                        if (sock_cmpaddr(&temp->host, (struct sockaddr_storage *) ai_next->ai_addr) == 0)
                        {
                                *isactive = 1;
                                return (temp->sockctrl);
                        }

                        ai_next = ai_next->ai_next;
                }
                temp = temp->next;
        }

        if (addrinfo)
                freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);

        /*
         * The host for which you want to get the socket ID does not have an
         * active connection.
         */
        *isactive = 0;
        return 0;
}

pcap_t *pcap_open_rpcap(const char *source, int snaplen, int flags, int read_timeout, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, char *errbuf)
{
        pcap_t *fp;
        char *source_str;
        struct pcap_rpcap *pr;          /* structure used when doing a remote live capture */
        int result;

        fp = pcap_create_common(errbuf, sizeof (struct pcap_rpcap));
        if (fp == NULL)
        {
                return NULL;
        }
        source_str = strdup(source);
        if (source_str == NULL) {
                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE,
                    "malloc: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                return NULL;
        }
        fp->opt.device = source_str;
        fp->snapshot = snaplen;
        fp->opt.timeout = read_timeout;
        pr = fp->priv;
        pr->rmt_flags = flags;

        result = pcap_opensource_remote(fp, auth);

        if (result != 0) {
                pcap_close(fp);
                return NULL;
        }

        fp->activated = 1;
        return fp;
}

/* String identifier to be used in the pcap_findalldevs_ex() */
#define PCAP_TEXT_SOURCE_ADAPTER "Network adapter"
/* String identifier to be used in the pcap_findalldevs_ex() */
#define PCAP_TEXT_SOURCE_ON_REMOTE_HOST "on remote node"

static void
freeaddr(struct pcap_addr *addr)
{
        free(addr->addr);
        free(addr->netmask);
        free(addr->broadaddr);
        free(addr->dstaddr);
        free(addr);
}

int
pcap_findalldevs_ex_remote(char *source, struct pcap_rmtauth *auth, pcap_if_t **alldevs, char *errbuf)
{
        SOCKET sockctrl;                /* socket descriptor of the control connection */
        uint32 totread = 0;             /* number of bytes of the payload read from the socket */
        int nread;
        struct addrinfo hints;          /* temp variable needed to resolve hostnames into to socket representation */
        struct addrinfo *addrinfo;      /* temp variable needed to resolve hostnames into to socket representation */
        struct rpcap_header header;     /* structure that keeps the general header of the rpcap protocol */
        int i, j;               /* temp variables */
        int retval;             /* store the return value of the functions */
        int nif;                /* Number of interfaces listed */
        int active = 0; /* 'true' if we the other end-party is in active mode */
        int type;
        char host[PCAP_BUF_SIZE], port[PCAP_BUF_SIZE];
        char tmpstring[PCAP_BUF_SIZE + 1];              /* Needed to convert names and descriptions from 'old' syntax to the 'new' one */
        pcap_if_t *dev;         /* Previous device into the pcap_if_t chain */

        /* Retrieve the needed data for getting adapter list */
        if (pcap_parsesrcstr(source, &type, host, port, NULL, errbuf) == -1)
                return -1;

        /* Warning: this call can be the first one called by the user. */
        /* For this reason, we have to initialize the WinSock support. */
        if (sock_init(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                return -1;

        /* Check for active mode */
        sockctrl = rpcap_remoteact_getsock(host, &active, errbuf);
        if (sockctrl == INVALID_SOCKET)
                return -1;

        if (!active) {
                /*
                 * We're not in active mode; let's try to open a new
                 * control connection.
                 */
                addrinfo = NULL;

                memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
                hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
                hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;

                if (port[0] == 0)
                {
                        /* the user chose not to specify the port */
                        if (sock_initaddress(host, RPCAP_DEFAULT_NETPORT, &hints, &addrinfo, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                return -1;
                }
                else
                {
                        if (sock_initaddress(host, port, &hints, &addrinfo, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                                return -1;
                }

                if ((sockctrl = sock_open(addrinfo, SOCKOPEN_CLIENT, 0, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE)) == -1)
                        goto error;

                /* addrinfo is no longer used */
                freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
                addrinfo = NULL;

                if (rpcap_sendauth(sockctrl, auth, errbuf) == -1)
                {
                        sock_close(sockctrl, NULL, 0);
                        return -1;
                }
        }

        /* RPCAP findalldevs command */
        rpcap_createhdr(&header, RPCAP_MSG_FINDALLIF_REQ, 0, 0);

        if (sock_send(sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                goto error;

        if (sock_recv(sockctrl, (char *)&header, sizeof(struct rpcap_header), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == -1)
                goto error;

        /* Checks if the message is correct */
        retval = rpcap_checkmsg(errbuf, sockctrl, &header, RPCAP_MSG_FINDALLIF_REPLY, RPCAP_MSG_ERROR, 0);

        if (retval != RPCAP_MSG_FINDALLIF_REPLY)                /* the message is not the one expected */
        {
                switch (retval)
                {
                case -3:        /* Unrecoverable network error */
                case -2:        /* The other endpoint send a message that is not allowed here */
                case -1:        /* The other endpoint has a version number that is not compatible with our */
                        break;

                case RPCAP_MSG_ERROR:           /* The other endpoint reported an error */
                        break;

                default:
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Internal error");
                        break;
                };
                }

                if (!active)
                        sock_close(sockctrl, NULL, 0);

                return -1;
        }

        /* read the number of interfaces */
        nif = ntohs(header.value);

        /* loop until all interfaces have been received */
        for (i = 0; i < nif; i++)
        {
                struct rpcap_findalldevs_if findalldevs_if;
                char tmpstring2[PCAP_BUF_SIZE + 1];             /* Needed to convert names and descriptions from 'old' syntax to the 'new' one */
                size_t stringlen;
                struct pcap_addr *addr, *prevaddr;

                tmpstring2[PCAP_BUF_SIZE] = 0;

                /* receive the findalldevs structure from remote host */
                nread = sock_recv(sockctrl, (char *)&findalldevs_if,
                    sizeof(struct rpcap_findalldevs_if), SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
                    errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                if (nread == -1)
                        goto error;
                totread += nread;

                findalldevs_if.namelen = ntohs(findalldevs_if.namelen);
                findalldevs_if.desclen = ntohs(findalldevs_if.desclen);
                findalldevs_if.naddr = ntohs(findalldevs_if.naddr);

                /* allocate the main structure */
                if (i == 0)
                {
                        (*alldevs) = (pcap_if_t *)malloc(sizeof(pcap_if_t));
                        dev = (*alldevs);
                }
                else
                {
                        dev->next = (pcap_if_t *)malloc(sizeof(pcap_if_t));
                        dev = dev->next;
                }

                /* check that the malloc() didn't fail */
                if (dev == NULL)
                {
                        pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                        goto error;
                }

                /* Initialize the structure to 'zero' */
                memset(dev, 0, sizeof(pcap_if_t));

                /* allocate mem for name and description */
                if (findalldevs_if.namelen)
                {

                        if (findalldevs_if.namelen >= sizeof(tmpstring))
                        {
                                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Interface name too long");
                                goto error;
                        }

                        /* Retrieve adapter name */
                        nread = sock_recv(sockctrl, tmpstring,
                            findalldevs_if.namelen, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
                            errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        if (nread == -1)
                                goto error;
                        totread += nread;

                        tmpstring[findalldevs_if.namelen] = 0;

                        /* Create the new device identifier */
                        if (pcap_createsrcstr(tmpstring2, PCAP_SRC_IFREMOTE, host, port, tmpstring, errbuf) == -1)
                                return -1;

                        stringlen = strlen(tmpstring2);

                        dev->name = (char *)malloc(stringlen + 1);
                        if (dev->name == NULL)
                        {
                                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                                goto error;
                        }

                        /* Copy the new device name into the correct memory location */
                        strlcpy(dev->name, tmpstring2, stringlen + 1);
                }

                if (findalldevs_if.desclen)
                {
                        if (findalldevs_if.desclen >= sizeof(tmpstring))
                        {
                                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "Interface description too long");
                                goto error;
                        }

                        /* Retrieve adapter description */
                        nread = sock_recv(sockctrl, tmpstring,
                            findalldevs_if.desclen, SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES,
                            errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        if (nread == -1)
                                goto error;
                        totread += nread;

                        tmpstring[findalldevs_if.desclen] = 0;

                        pcap_snprintf(tmpstring2, sizeof(tmpstring2) - 1, "%s '%s' %s %s", PCAP_TEXT_SOURCE_ADAPTER,
                                tmpstring, PCAP_TEXT_SOURCE_ON_REMOTE_HOST, host);

                        stringlen = strlen(tmpstring2);

                        dev->description = (char *)malloc(stringlen + 1);

                        if (dev->description == NULL)
                        {
                                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                                goto error;
                        }

                        /* Copy the new device description into the correct memory location */
                        strlcpy(dev->description, tmpstring2, stringlen + 1);
                }

                dev->flags = ntohl(findalldevs_if.flags);

                prevaddr = NULL;
                /* loop until all addresses have been received */
                for (j = 0; j < findalldevs_if.naddr; j++)
                {
                        struct rpcap_findalldevs_ifaddr ifaddr;

                        /* Retrieve the interface addresses */
                        nread = sock_recv(sockctrl, (char *)&ifaddr,
                            sizeof(struct rpcap_findalldevs_ifaddr),
                            SOCK_RECEIVEALL_YES, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
                        if (nread == -1)
                                goto error;
                        totread += nread;

                        /*
                         * Deserialize all the address components.
                         */
                        addr = (struct pcap_addr *) malloc(sizeof(struct pcap_addr));
                        if (addr == NULL)
                        {
                                pcap_snprintf(errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "malloc() failed: %s", pcap_strerror(errno));
                                goto error;
                        }
                        addr->next = NULL;
                        addr->addr = NULL;
                        addr->netmask = NULL;
                        addr->broadaddr = NULL;
                        addr->dstaddr = NULL;

                        if (rpcap_deseraddr(&ifaddr.addr,
                                (struct sockaddr_storage **) &addr->addr, errbuf) == -1)
                        {
                                freeaddr(addr);
                                goto error;
                        }
                        if (rpcap_deseraddr(&ifaddr.netmask,
                                (struct sockaddr_storage **) &addr->netmask, errbuf) == -1)
                        {
                                freeaddr(addr);
                                goto error;
                        }
                        if (rpcap_deseraddr(&ifaddr.broadaddr,
                                (struct sockaddr_storage **) &addr->broadaddr, errbuf) == -1)
                        {
                                freeaddr(addr);
                                goto error;
                        }
                        if (rpcap_deseraddr(&ifaddr.dstaddr,
                                (struct sockaddr_storage **) &addr->dstaddr, errbuf) == -1)
                        {
                                freeaddr(addr);
                                goto error;
                        }

                        if ((addr->addr == NULL) && (addr->netmask == NULL) &&
                                (addr->broadaddr == NULL) && (addr->dstaddr == NULL))
                        {
                                /*
                                 * None of the addresses are IPv4 or IPv6
                                 * addresses, so throw this entry away.
                                 */
                                free(addr);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                /*
                                 * Add this entry to the list.
                                 */
                                if (prevaddr == NULL)
                                {
                                        dev->addresses = addr;
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        prevaddr->next = addr;
                                }
                                prevaddr = addr;
                        }
                }
        }

        /* Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE) == 1)
                        return -1;
        }

        /* Control connection has to be closed only in case the remote machine is in passive mode */
        if (!active)
        {
                /* DO not send RPCAP_CLOSE, since we did not open a pcap_t; no need to free resources */
                if (sock_close(sockctrl, errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE))
                        return -1;
        }

        /* To avoid inconsistencies in the number of sock_init() */
        sock_cleanup();

        return 0;

error:
        /*
         * In case there has been an error, I don't want to overwrite it with a new one
         * if the following call fails. I want to return always the original error.
         *
         * Take care: this connection can already be closed when we try to close it.
         * This happens because a previous error in the rpcapd, which requested to
         * closed the connection. In that case, we already recognized that into the
         * rpspck_isheaderok() and we already acknowledged the closing.
         * In that sense, this call is useless here (however it is needed in case
         * the client generates the error).
         *
         * Checks if all the data has been read; if not, discard the data in excess
         */
        if (totread != ntohl(header.plen))
        {
                if (sock_discard(sockctrl, ntohl(header.plen) - totread, NULL, 0) == 1)
                        return -1;
        }

        /* Control connection has to be closed only in case the remote machine is in passive mode */
        if (!active)
                sock_close(sockctrl, NULL, 0);

        /* To avoid inconsistencies in the number of sock_init() */
        sock_cleanup();

        return -1;
}