/**
* @file
* @author [NVombat](https://github.com/NVombat)
* @brief Client-side implementation of [Remote Command
* Execution Using
* UDP](https://www.imperva.com/learn/ddos/udp-user-datagram-protocol/)
* @see remote_command_exec_udp_server.c
*
* @details
* The algorithm is based on the simple UDP client and server model. It
* runs an infinite loop which takes user input and sends it to the server
* for execution. The server receives the commands and executes them
* until the user exits the loop. In this way, Remote Command Execution
* using UDP is shown using the server-client model & socket programming
*/
#include <arpa/inet.h> /// For the type in_addr_t and in_port_t
#include <errno.h> /// To indicate what went wrong if an error occurs
#include <netdb.h> /// For structures returned by the network database library - formatted internet addresses and port numbers
#include <netinet/in.h> /// For in_addr and sockaddr_in structures
#include <stdint.h> /// For specific bit size values of variables
#include <stdio.h> /// Variable types, several macros, and various functions for performing input and output
#include <stdlib.h> /// Variable types, several macros, and various functions for performing general functions
#include <string.h> /// Various functions for manipulating arrays of characters
#include <sys/socket.h> /// For macro definitions related to the creation of sockets
#include <sys/types.h> /// For definitions to allow for the porting of BSD programs
#include <unistd.h> /// For miscellaneous symbolic constants and types, and miscellaneous functions
#define PORT 10000 /// Define port over which communication will take place
/**
* @brief Utility function used to print an error message to `stderr`.
* It prints `str` and an implementation-defined error
* message corresponding to the global variable `errno`.
* @returns void
*/
void error()
{
perror("Socket Creation Failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main()
{
/** Variable Declarations */
uint32_t
sockfd; ///< socket descriptors - Like file handles but for sockets
char send_msg[1024],
recv_msg[1024]; ///< character arrays to read and store string data
/// for communication
struct sockaddr_in
server_addr; ///< basic structures for all syscalls and functions that
/// deal with internet addresses. Structures for handling
/// internet addresses
socklen_t serverLength = sizeof(server_addr); ///< length of socket
/**
* The UDP socket is created using the socket function.
*
* AF_INET (Family) - it is an address family that is used to designate the
* type of addresses that your socket can communicate with
*
* SOCK_DGRAM (Type) - Indicates UDP Connection - UDP does not require the
* source and destination to establish a three-way handshake before
* transmission takes place. Additionally, there is no need for an
* end-to-end connection
*
* 0 (Protocol) - Specifies a particular protocol to be used with the
* socket. Specifying a protocol of 0 causes socket() to use an unspecified
* default protocol appropriate for the requested socket type.
*/
if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0)
{
error();
}
/**
* Server Address Information
*
* The bzero() function erases the data in the n bytes of the memory
* starting at the location pointed to, by writing zeros (bytes
* containing '\0') to that area.
*
* We bind the server_addr to the internet address and port number thus
* giving our socket an identity with an address and port where it can
* listen for connections
*
* htons - The htons() function translates a short integer from host byte
* order to network byte order
*
* htonl - The htonl() function translates a long integer from host byte
* order to network byte order
*
* These functions are necessary so that the binding of address and port
* takes place with data in the correct format
*/
bzero(&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
server_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
printf("Client is running...\n");
/**
* Connects the client to the server address using the socket descriptor
* This enables the two to communicate and exchange data
*/
connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
printf("Client is Connected Successfully...\n");
/**
* Communication between client and server
*
* The client sends data to the server after taking the input
* from the user
*
* The client then receives a response from the server when the
* command has been executed
*
* The server and client can communicate indefinitely till one of them
* exits the connection
*
* The client sends the server a command which it executes thus showing
* remote command execution using UDP
*/
while (1)
{
printf("\nEnter Command To Be Executed Remotely: \n");
fgets(send_msg, sizeof(send_msg), stdin);
sendto(sockfd, send_msg, sizeof(send_msg), 0,
(struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, serverLength);
recvfrom(sockfd, recv_msg, sizeof(recv_msg), 0,
(struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, &serverLength);
printf("Server Reply: %s\n", recv_msg);
}
/// Close Socket
close(sockfd);
printf("Client is offline...\n");
return 0;
}