enter eBPF, libpcap and CGO = bloat

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ hyp.secret
 *.exe
 hypd/hypd
 hyp/hyp
+hypd/server/hyp_bpf_bpfe*

go.mod

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ module deadbeef.codes/steven/hyp
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.14.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240409090435-93d18d7e34b8 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.14.0 h1:0PsxAjO6EjI1rcT+rkp6WcCnE0ZvfkXBYiMedJtrSUs=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.14.0/go.mod h1:DHp1WyrLeiBh19Cf/tfiSMhqheEiK8fXFZ4No0P1Hso=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19 h1:ves8RnFZPGiFnTS0uPQStjwru6uO6h+nlr9j6fL7kF8=
+github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0 h1:O1K29Txy5P2OK0dGo59b7b0LR6wKfIhttaAhHUyn7eI=
-github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19/go.mod h1:iJ8V8n6KS+z2U1A8pUwu8bW5SyEMkXJB8Yo/Vo+TKTo=
+github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZsDC26tQJow=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0/go.mod h1:ddIwULY96R17DhadqLgMfk9H9tvdUzkipdSkR5nkCZA=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230224173230-c95f2b4c22f2 h1:Jvc7gsqn21cJHCmAWx0LiimpP18LZmUxkT5Mp7EZ1mI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230224173230-c95f2b4c22f2/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200302205851-738671d3881b/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240409090435-93d18d7e34b8 h1:ESSUROHIBHg7USnszlcdmjBEwdMj9VUvU+OPk4yl2mc=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzBzNggFXnrqF1CaUcvgkdR5Ot7KZg=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240409090435-93d18d7e34b8/go.mod h1:/lliqkxwWAhPjf5oSOIJup2XcqJaw8RGS6k3TGEc7GI=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 h1:zTwKpTd2XuCqf8huc7Fo2iSy+4RHPd10s4KzeTnVr1c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.19.0/go.mod h1:CfAk/cbD4CthTvqiEl8NpboMuiuOYsAr/7NOjZJtv1U=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 h1:q5f1RH2jigJ1MoAWp2KTp3gm5zAGFUTarQZ5U386+4o=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

hypd/server/bpf_endian.h

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Code lifted from the folks at Cilium from ebpf-go repo
+
+#ifndef __BPF_ENDIAN__
+#define __BPF_ENDIAN__
+
+/*
+ * Isolate byte #n and put it into byte #m, for __u##b type.
+ * E.g., moving byte #6 (nnnnnnnn) into byte #1 (mmmmmmmm) for __u64:
+ * 1) xxxxxxxx nnnnnnnn xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx mmmmmmmm xxxxxxxx
+ * 2) nnnnnnnn xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx mmmmmmmm xxxxxxxx 00000000
+ * 3) 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nnnnnnnn
+ * 4) 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nnnnnnnn 00000000
+ */
+#define ___bpf_mvb(x, b, n, m) ((__u##b)(x) << (b-(n+1)*8) >> (b-8) << (m*8))
+
+#define ___bpf_swab16(x) ((__u16)(			\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 16, 0, 1) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 16, 1, 0)))
+
+#define ___bpf_swab32(x) ((__u32)(			\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 32, 0, 3) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 32, 1, 2) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 32, 2, 1) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 32, 3, 0)))
+
+#define ___bpf_swab64(x) ((__u64)(			\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 0, 7) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 1, 6) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 2, 5) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 3, 4) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 4, 3) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 5, 2) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 6, 1) |	\
+			  ___bpf_mvb(x, 64, 7, 0)))
+
+/* LLVM's BPF target selects the endianness of the CPU
+ * it compiles on, or the user specifies (bpfel/bpfeb),
+ * respectively. The used __BYTE_ORDER__ is defined by
+ * the compiler, we cannot rely on __BYTE_ORDER from
+ * libc headers, since it doesn't reflect the actual
+ * requested byte order.
+ *
+ * Note, LLVM's BPF target has different __builtin_bswapX()
+ * semantics. It does map to BPF_ALU | BPF_END | BPF_TO_BE
+ * in bpfel and bpfeb case, which means below, that we map
+ * to cpu_to_be16(). We could use it unconditionally in BPF
+ * case, but better not rely on it, so that this header here
+ * can be used from application and BPF program side, which
+ * use different targets.
+ */
+#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+# define __bpf_ntohs(x)			__builtin_bswap16(x)
+# define __bpf_htons(x)			__builtin_bswap16(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_ntohs(x)	___bpf_swab16(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_htons(x)	___bpf_swab16(x)
+# define __bpf_ntohl(x)			__builtin_bswap32(x)
+# define __bpf_htonl(x)			__builtin_bswap32(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_ntohl(x)	___bpf_swab32(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_htonl(x)	___bpf_swab32(x)
+# define __bpf_be64_to_cpu(x)		__builtin_bswap64(x)
+# define __bpf_cpu_to_be64(x)		__builtin_bswap64(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_be64_to_cpu(x)	___bpf_swab64(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_cpu_to_be64(x)	___bpf_swab64(x)
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+# define __bpf_ntohs(x)			(x)
+# define __bpf_htons(x)			(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_ntohs(x)	(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_htons(x)	(x)
+# define __bpf_ntohl(x)			(x)
+# define __bpf_htonl(x)			(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_ntohl(x)	(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_htonl(x)	(x)
+# define __bpf_be64_to_cpu(x)		(x)
+# define __bpf_cpu_to_be64(x)		(x)
+# define __bpf_constant_be64_to_cpu(x)  (x)
+# define __bpf_constant_cpu_to_be64(x)  (x)
+#else
+# error "Fix your compiler's __BYTE_ORDER__?!"
+#endif
+
+#define bpf_htons(x)				\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_htons(x) : __bpf_htons(x))
+#define bpf_ntohs(x)				\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_ntohs(x) : __bpf_ntohs(x))
+#define bpf_htonl(x)				\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_htonl(x) : __bpf_htonl(x))
+#define bpf_ntohl(x)				\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_ntohl(x) : __bpf_ntohl(x))
+#define bpf_cpu_to_be64(x)			\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_cpu_to_be64(x) : __bpf_cpu_to_be64(x))
+#define bpf_be64_to_cpu(x)			\
+	(__builtin_constant_p(x) ?		\
+	 __bpf_constant_be64_to_cpu(x) : __bpf_be64_to_cpu(x))
+
+#endif /* __BPF_ENDIAN__ */

hypd/server/hyp_bpf.c

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2024 Steven Polley <himself@stevenpolley.net>
+*/
+
+//go:build ignore
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include "bpf_endian.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+
+
+char __license[] SEC("license") = "BSD";
+
+#define ETH_P_IP 0x0800
+#define IP_FRAGMENTED 65343
+
+// representation of knock data that gets sent to userspace
+struct knock_data {
+	__u32 srcip; // 4 bytes
+	__u16 dstport; // 2 bytes
+	__u16 pad; // required padding - struct must be multiple of 4 bytes
+};
+
+// ring buffer used to send data to userspace
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF);
+	__uint(max_entries, 1 << 24);
+} rb SEC(".maps");
+
+// force emitting struct event into the ELF
+const struct knock_data *unused __attribute__((unused));
+
+// hook into xpress data path attach point
+SEC("xdp")
+int xdp_prog_func(struct xdp_md *ctx) {
+	
+	// xdp gives us the raw frame with no structures, it must be parsed
+	void *data = (void *)(long)ctx->data;
+	void *data_end = (void *)(long)ctx->data_end;
+
+	// parse ethernet header
+	struct ethhdr *eth = data;
+
+	if ((void *)eth + sizeof(*eth) <= data_end) {
+		// parse IP header
+		struct iphdr *ip = data + sizeof(*eth);
+		if ((void *)ip + sizeof(*ip) <= data_end) {
+			if (ip->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP) {
+				// parse UDP header
+				struct udphdr *udp = (void *)ip + sizeof(*ip);
+				if ((void *)udp + sizeof(*udp) <= data_end)
+				{
+					// pack into knock structure and send to userspace
+					struct knock_data knock;
+					knock.srcip = bpf_ntohl(ip->saddr);
+					knock.dstport = bpf_htons(udp->dest);
+					knock.pad = 0;
+					bpf_ringbuf_output(&rb, &knock, sizeof(knock), BPF_RB_FORCE_WAKEUP);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return XDP_PASS;
+}

hypd/server/packet.go

@@ -5,18 +5,24 @@ Copyright © 2024 Steven Polley <himself@stevenpolley.net>
 package server
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
 	"deadbeef.codes/steven/hyp/otphyp"
-	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/link"
-	"github.com/google/gopacket/pcap"
+	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/ringbuf"
+	"github.com/cilium/ebpf/rlimit"
 )
 
+//go:generate go run github.com/cilium/ebpf/cmd/bpf2go --type knock_data hyp_bpf hyp_bpf.c
+
 // Client is used to keep track of a client attempting to perform an authentic knock sequence
 type Client struct {
 	Progress    int       // index of current progress in sequence.   Value of 1 means first port has been matched
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ type KnockSequence struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	clients        map[string]*Client // Contains a map of clients
+	clients        map[uint32]*Client // Contains a map of clients, key is IPv4 address
 	knockSequences []KnockSequence    // We have 3 valid knock sequences at any time to account for clock skew
 	sharedSecret   string             // base32 encoded shared secret used for totp
 )
@@ -40,46 +46,96 @@ var (
 // it sets up the pcap on the capture device and starts a goroutine
 // to rotate the knock sequence
 func PacketServer(captureDevice string) error {
+
+	iface, err := net.InterfaceByName(captureDevice)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("lookup network iface %q: %v", captureDevice, err)
+	}
+
 	secretBytes, err := os.ReadFile("hyp.secret")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to read file 'hyp.secret': %v", err)
 	}
 	sharedSecret = string(secretBytes)
 
-	clients = make(map[string]*Client, 0)
+	clients = make(map[uint32]*Client, 0)
 	knockSequences = []KnockSequence{}
 
-	// Open pcap handle on device
-	handle, err := pcap.OpenLive(captureDevice, 126, true, pcap.BlockForever)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open pcap on capture device: %w", err)
-	}
-	packetSource := gopacket.NewPacketSource(handle, handle.LinkType())
-
 	// Setup a goroutine to periodically rotate the authentic knock sequence
-	go rotateSequence(handle)
+	go rotateSequence()
 
-	// Read from the pcap handle until we exit
+	////////////////////////////////////
-	for packet := range packetSource.Packets() {
+
-		handlePacket(packet) // Do something with a packet here.
+	// Allow the current process to lock memory for eBPF resources.
+	if err := rlimit.RemoveMemlock(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	// Load pre-compiled programs into the kernel.
+	objs := hyp_bpfObjects{}
+	if err := loadHyp_bpfObjects(&objs, nil); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("loading objects: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer objs.Close()
+
+	// Attach the program.
+	l, err := link.AttachXDP(link.XDPOptions{
+		Program:   objs.XdpProgFunc,
+		Interface: iface.Index,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("could not attach XDP program: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+
+	log.Printf("Attached XDP program to iface %q (index %d)", iface.Name, iface.Index)
+	log.Printf("Press Ctrl-C to exit and remove the program")
+
+	rd, err := ringbuf.NewReader(objs.Rb)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("could not open ring buffer reader: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer rd.Close()
+
+	var event hyp_bpfKnockData
+	for {
+		record, err := rd.Read()
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, ringbuf.ErrClosed) {
+				log.Println("eBPF ring buffer closed, exiting...")
+				return nil
+			}
+			log.Printf("error reading from ring buffer reader: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err := binary.Read(bytes.NewBuffer(record.RawSample), binary.LittleEndian, &event); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error parsing ringbuf event: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		handleKnock(event)
+	}
+}
+
+// intToIP converts IPv4 number to net.IP
+func intToIP(ipNum uint32) net.IP {
+	ip := make(net.IP, 4)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(ip, ipNum)
+	return ip
 }
 
 // packets that match the BPF filter get passed to handlePacket
-func handlePacket(packet gopacket.Packet) {
+func handleKnock(knockEvent hyp_bpfKnockData) {
-	port := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet.TransportLayer().TransportFlow().Dst().Raw())
-	srcip := packet.NetworkLayer().NetworkFlow().Src().String()
 
-	client, ok := clients[srcip]
+	client, ok := clients[knockEvent.Srcip]
 	if !ok { // client doesn't exist yet
 		for i, knockSequence := range knockSequences { // identify which of the 3 authentic knock sequences is matched
 			if knockSequence.Used { // skip over sequences that are already used to prevent replay attack
 				continue
 			}
-			if port == knockSequence.PortSequence[0] {
+			if knockEvent.Dstport == knockSequence.PortSequence[0] {
 				// Create the client and mark the knock sequence as used
-				clients[srcip] = &Client{Progress: 1, Sequence: knockSequence.PortSequence}
+				clients[knockEvent.Srcip] = &Client{Progress: 1, Sequence: knockSequence.PortSequence}
 				knockSequences[i].Used = true
 			}
 		}
@@ -89,23 +145,23 @@ func handlePacket(packet gopacket.Packet) {
 	// if it's wrong, reset progress
 	// TBD: vulnerable to sweep attack - this won't be triggered if a wrong packet doesn't match BPF filter
 	// TBD: make the sweep attack fix on by default, but configurable to be off to allow for limited BPF filter for extremely low overhead as compromise.
-	if port != client.Sequence[client.Progress] {
+	if knockEvent.Dstport != client.Sequence[client.Progress] {
-		delete(clients, srcip)
+		delete(clients, knockEvent.Srcip)
-		fmt.Printf("port '%d' is in sequence, but came at unexpected order - resetting progress", port)
+		fmt.Printf("port '%d' is in sequence, but came at unexpected order - resetting progress", knockEvent.Dstport)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Client increases progress through sequence and checks if sequence is completed
 	client.Progress++
 	if client.Progress >= len(client.Sequence) {
-		delete(clients, srcip)
+		delete(clients, knockEvent.Srcip)
-		handleSuccess(srcip) // The magic function, the knock is completed
+		handleSuccess(intToIP(knockEvent.Srcip)) // The magic function, the knock is completed
 		return
 	}
 }
 
 // Used to rotate the authentic port knock sequence
-func rotateSequence(handle *pcap.Handle) {
+func rotateSequence() {
 	for {
 
 		// Generate new knock sequences with time skew support
@@ -120,12 +176,6 @@ func rotateSequence(handle *pcap.Handle) {
 		}
 		fmt.Println("New sequences:", knockSequences)
 
-		// Set BPF filter
-		err := setPacketFilter(handle)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("failed to change packet filter: %v", err)
-		}
-
 		// Sleep until next 30 second offset
 		time.Sleep(time.Until(time.Now().Truncate(time.Second * 30).Add(time.Second * 30)))
 
@@ -134,31 +184,10 @@ func rotateSequence(handle *pcap.Handle) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Given a pcap handle and list of authentic port knock sequences, configures a BPF filter
-func setPacketFilter(handle *pcap.Handle) error {
-	filter := "udp && ("
-	for i, knockSequence := range knockSequences {
-		for j, port := range knockSequence.PortSequence {
-			if i == 0 && j == 0 {
-				filter += fmt.Sprint("port ", port)
-			} else {
-				filter += fmt.Sprint(" || port ", port)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	filter += ")"
-	err := handle.SetBPFFilter(filter)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set BPF filter '%s': %v", filter, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // TBD: Implement - this is a temporary routine to demonstrate an application
-func handleSuccess(srcip string) {
+func handleSuccess(srcip net.IP) {
 	fmt.Println("Success for ", srcip)
-
+	cmd := exec.Command("iptables", "-A", "INPUT", "-p", "tcp", "-s", fmt.Sprint(srcip), "--dport", "22", "-j", "ACCEPT")
-	cmd := exec.Command("iptables", "-A", "INPUT", "-p", "tcp", "-s", srcip, "--dport", "22", "-j", "ACCEPT")
 	err := cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("failed to execute iptables command for '%s': %v", srcip, err)