PyTCP-net-proto

v3.0.7 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

The network-protocol packet parse/assemble layer of the PyTCP stack — Ethernet through TCP/UDP — fully usable on its own.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows minimal risks in terms of network, shell, obfuscation, and credential handling, but the incomplete metadata raises concerns about the maintainer's credibility.

  • Metadata risk due to missing maintainer's author name and potentially inactive account.
  • Otherwise, no significant security issues detected.
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal for a library focused on TCP/IP protocol handling without external service dependencies.
  • Shell: No shell execution detected, reducing the risk of executing arbitrary commands.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The maintainer's author name is missing and the account seems new or inactive, raising some suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: gmail.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository ccie18643/PyTCP appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with PyTCP-net-proto 
Create a network protocol analyzer tool using the PyTCP-net-proto package in Python. This tool should be able to capture network packets from a live interface, parse them into their constituent protocols (from Ethernet to TCP/UDP), and display key information about each packet in a user-friendly manner. Here are the steps and features to implement:

1. **Setup**: Install PyTCP-net-proto and any other necessary Python packages.
2. **Capture Interface**: Allow the user to select which network interface to capture packets from.
3. **Packet Capture**: Continuously capture packets from the selected interface.
4. **Parsing**: Use PyTCP-net-proto to parse each captured packet into its Ethernet, IP, and TCP/UDP components.
5. **Display Information**: Display parsed information including source and destination addresses, packet length, protocol type, and any additional relevant details.
6. **Filtering Options**: Implement filtering options based on source/destination IP addresses, ports, and protocols.
7. **Save Packets**: Provide an option to save captured packets to a file for later analysis.
8. **Real-time Visualization**: Optionally, implement real-time visualizations such as graphs showing traffic over time or pie charts representing protocol distribution.

The goal is to create a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for anyone interested in analyzing network traffic without needing deep expertise in networking.