How to perform network socket programming with raw sockets in Go?

To perform network socket programming with raw sockets in Go, you can use the golang.org/x/net/ipv4 package. Here's a basic example of how to do that:

  1. Import the necessary packages:
package main import ( "fmt" "golang.org/x/net/ipv4" "log" "net" "os" )
  1. Create a raw IPv4 socket:
func createRawSocket() (*ipv4.RawConn, error) { conn, err := net.ListenPacket("ip4:tcp", "0.0.0.0") if err != nil { return nil, err } rawConn, err := ipv4.NewRawConn(conn) if err != nil { return nil, err } return rawConn, nil }
  1. Send a raw IP packet:
func sendRawPacket(rawConn *ipv4.RawConn, dstIP net.IP, payload []byte) error { err := rawConn.WriteTo([]byte{0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x30, 0xAB, 0xCD, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0xC0, 0xA8, 0x01, 0x01, 0xC0, 0xA8, 0x01, 0x02}, nil, &ipv4.ControlMessage{Dst: dstIP}) if err != nil { return err } return nil }

In this example, we are sending a simple IP packet with the destination IP set to C0 A8 01 02 (192.168.1.2).

  1. Receive raw IP packets:
func receiveRawPackets(rawConn *ipv4.RawConn) { buffer := make([]byte, 2048) for { n, _, _, err := rawConn.ReadFrom(buffer) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } fmt.Printf("Received packet of length %d\n", n) } }

This is a basic example of how to perform raw socket programming in Go. Note that raw sockets require elevated privileges and are typically used for low-level networking tasks, like packet inspection or custom protocol implementation.