Answering the question nobody asked: what if you wanted to text your friends using only ARP?

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Overview

arpchat

so... you know arp? the protocol your computer uses to find the mac addresses of other computers on your network? yeah. that.

i thought it would be a great idea to hijack it to make a chat app :)

built in two days because i was sick and had nothing better to do.

screenshot of the tool in action

motivation

  1. once a year, i'm on a client isolated network that i want to chat with friends over
  2. i'm completely insane
  3. i'm a programmer

(i swear, i might actually briefly have a use for this! it might not be entirely useless! ... and other lies i tell myself)

limitations

yes

things i made arpchat do

you can send messages tens of thousands of characters long because i implemented a (naive) generalizable transport protocol on top of arp. there's also a bit of compression.

if you wanted, you could probably split off the networking part of this and use it instead of udp. please don't do this.

not only are join and leave notifications a thing, i built an entire presence discovery and heartbeat system to see an updated list of other online users. ironically, part of this serves a similar purpose to arp itself.

running

if you actually want to install this for some reason, you can get it from the releases page.

on windows, you probably need npcap. make sure you check "Install Npcap in WinPcap API-compatible Mode" in the installer!

on linux, you might have to give arpchat network privileges:

sudo setcap CAP_NET_RAW+ep /path/to/arpchat

interface selector

then just run the binary in a terminal. you know it's working properly if you can see your own messages when you send them. if you can't see your messages, try selecting a different interface or protocol!

have any issues? that really sucks. you can make an issue if it pleases you.

building

you don't really want to build this. anyway, it's tested on the latest unstable rust.

on windows, download the WinPcap Developer's Pack and set the LIB environment variable to the WpdPack/Lib/x64/ folder.

cargo build

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Comments
  • digital-copyright

    digital-copyright

    Hi arpchat!πŸ‘‹, I added this optional feature to digitally sign you source-code should you ever be audited or experience a software supply-chain attacks. See the kognise-digital-copyright for instructions on accessing your hash. Feel free to contact me directly to review any questions before accepting. ~~Best: [email protected]

    opened by JudeSafo 2
  • Configure github workflow

    Configure github workflow

    I think this will help determine which commits are suitable for assembly and which are not.

    https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow

    opened by BlitDev 2
  • Use Ethertype reserved for experimentation instead of IPv4 Ethertype

    Use Ethertype reserved for experimentation instead of IPv4 Ethertype

    i'm planning on experimenting with and adding settings for different arp packet types, since some routers might filter out the malformed ip packets i'm currently using.

    Looking at the list of Ethertype values, it appears that 88B5 and 88B6 are reserved for experimentation. From https://standards-oui.ieee.org/ethertype/eth.txt and referring to 88B5:

    Local Experimental EtherType 1 as defined in IEEE Std 802.  This EtherType
value is available for public use and for prototype and vendor-specific    
protocol development.

    I think it would probably make more sense to use one of these as the protocol type in the ARP packet instead of IPv4. Thoughts?

    opened by charasyn 2
  • NoMarryMe - real issue before marriage - macos bad CPU type

    NoMarryMe - real issue before marriage - macos bad CPU type

    $arpchat $zsh: bad CPU type in executable: arpchat

    The CUP size/type did not suit my tastes yet, you may have to do some ajustments so it looks pretty.

    opened by anborg 1

  • "Error getting channel" on linux (CAP_NET_RAW)

    Really cool and fun project! Thanks! πŸš€

    Issue

    • Run arpchat
    • Select interface
    • On any key pressing Error getting channel

    image

    Solution

    Seems executable file should have CAP_NET_RAW capability and solved via:

    sudo setcap CAP_NET_RAW+ep /path/to/arpchat

    It would be good to add this to documentation.

    Env

    cargo +nightly build cargo 1.60.0-nightly (95bb3c92b 2022-01-18) Ubuntu 20.04.4 5.4.0-104-generic

    opened by mrkeuz 1
  • Duplicated messages on same host

    Duplicated messages on same host

    Again! Really fun project! πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€

    If you run two instances on same host you receive duplicated messages (ONLY on receiver side)

    image

    Env

    cargo +nightly build cargo 1.60.0-nightly (95bb3c92b 2022-01-18) Ubuntu 20.04.4 5.4.0-104-generic

    opened by mrkeuz 6
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