dhcproto
A DHCP parser and encoder for DHCPv4/DHCPv6. dhcproto
aims to be a functionally complete DHCP implementation. Many common option types are implemented, PRs are welcome to flesh out missing types.
crates.io
https://crates.io/crates/dhcproto
Minimum Rust Version
This crate uses const generics, Rust 1.53 is required
Examples
(v4) Decoding/Encoding
use ;
// decode
let bytes = dhcp_offer;
let msg = decode?;
// now encode
let mut buf = Vec new;
let mut e = new;
msg.encode?;
(v4) Constructing messages
use ;
// hardware addr
let chaddr = vec!;
// construct a new Message
let mut msg = default;
msg.set_flags // set broadcast to true
.set_chaddr // set chaddr
.opts_mut
.insert; // set msg type
// set some more options
msg.opts_mut
.insert;
msg.opts_mut
.insert;
// now encode to bytes
let mut buf = Vec new;
let mut e = new;
msg.encode?;
// buf now has the contents of the encoded DHCP message
RFCs
DHCPv6:
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8415
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3646
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3633
DHCPv4: