network-programminggointerfacepromiscuous-mode

Golang - get promiscuous mode status of network interfaces


I use the following Go code to get some info about the network interfaces. Any suggestions on how I would be able to get the status of promiscuous mode for each interface?

type Iface struct {
  Name      string `json:"name"`
  Status    string `json:"status"`
  Multicast bool   `json:"multicast"`
  Broadcast bool   `json:"broadcast"`
}

func (c *InterfacesController) GetInterfaces() {
  interfaces, err := net.Interfaces()

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }

  var ifaceset []Iface
  var ifc Iface

  for _, i := range interfaces {
    ifc.Name = i.Name
    if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "up") {
        ifc.Status = "UP"
    } else {
        ifc.Status = "DOWN"
    }
    if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "multicast") {
        ifc.Multicast = true
    } else {
        ifc.Multicast = false
    }
    if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "broadcast") {
        ifc.Broadcast = true
    } else {
        ifc.Broadcast = false
    }
    ifaceset = append(ifaceset, ifc)
  }
}

Solution

  • The working environment is Ubuntu, I used the ifconfig command and checked each interface details to see if it contains the word PROMISC. Something like this:

    //
    // get the interfaces
    //
    interfaces, err := net.Interfaces()
    
    //
    // run the ifconfig command
    //
    out, err := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", "ifconfig").Output()
    
    var ifc Iface
    var ifaceset []Iface
    
    //
    // split the output to handle each interface separately
    //
    var ifaceDetails = strings.Split(string(out), "\n\n")
    
    //
    // iterate interfaces
    //
    for _, i := range interfaces {
        ifc.Name = i.Name
        if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "up") {
        ifc.Status = "UP"
        } else {
            ifc.Status = "DOWN"
        }
        if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "multicast") {
            ifc.Multicast = true
        } else {
            ifc.Multicast = false
        }
        if strings.Contains(i.Flags.String(), "broadcast") {
            ifc.Broadcast = true
        } else {
            ifc.Broadcast = false
        }
    
        //
        // try to find the word PROMISC to check if it is UP
        //
        for _, ifdetails := range ifaceDetails {
            if strings.Contains(ifdetails, i.Name) {
                if strings.Contains(ifdetails, "PROMISC") {
                    ifc.Promisc = true
                } else {
                    ifc.Promisc = false
                }
    
            }
        }
        ifaceset = append(ifaceset, ifc)
    }
    

    }