2.6.0 release

[guedou]

This issue tracks the associated 2.6.0 release. As usual, feel free to comment down below to have some features/bugs included before the final release.

Changelog

General

• [removal] DROP SUPPORT OF PYTHON 2.7

• Python 3.12 and 3.11 support. Currently supports Python 3.7-3.12
• Improve packaging (pyproject.toml) and version handling. Scapy will now include wheels on pypi.
• We welcome Nils Weiss (polybassa) as a new maintainer !

Main changes

• [new] Windows protocols:
  • DCE/RPC: DCERPC_Client and DCERPC_Server with support for NCACN_IP_TCP and NCACN_NP
  • SMB2/3:
    • Protocol refactor, many more SMB2/3 structures supported
    • Server (class + 'simple' util smbserver()) (2.0.2 to 3.1.1)
    • Client (class + interactive CLI smbclient()) (2.0.2 only)
    • SMB socket, RPC over SMB socket, etc.
  • Kerberos:
    • KerberosSSP to use in SMB/RPC clients/servers, [MS-KILE] variants, SFU and more !
    • Crypto: use cryptography, latest RFC8009, GSS_WrapEx support, typing, etc.
    • Util functions krb_as_req, krb_tgt_req, kpasswd (both modes), etc.
    • Ticketer++: ccache support, ask/renew/resign/edit tickets, etc
  • NTLM:
    • refactor, clean SSP
  • Extensive GSSAPI / SPNEGO support !
  • LDAP
    • Fixes, ASN.1 Windows variation support
    • dclocator, answering machine for "LDAP PING", etc.
    • add a basic LDAP_client
  • Automaton:
    • fixes memory usage on Windows
    • support for EOF events
    • spawn() mode, better socket.socket support
  • [breaking] StreamSocket changes, support for TCP reassembly, etc. TCPSession(app=True) must no longer be used with StreamSocket. Sessions are marked as unstable.
• Support for recent cryptography (43.0) versions
• [new] CLI improvements
  • Scapy CLI configuration now available in ~/.config/scapy
  • Support for bpython, ptpython and ptipython
• Use L3RawSocket(6) automatically on the loopback interface on linux
• Wireshark extcap interfaces support (load_extcap())
• Improve builtin answering machines (dnsd, llmnrd, nbnsd, dhcpd...)
• Fix performance issues with nested *ListFields
• [new] conf.nameservers contains the DNS servers. Also adds dns_resolve()
• [new] SSHv2 layer
• [breaking] Rework Session objects
• Fix L2 address computation when ARP is used over Ether (intrusive ARPs, bad guessing..)
• [breaking] change sendpfast loop argument to be consistent with sendp
• automaton: improve graph()
• TLS: fixes (ffdhe generation)
• More options supported in DHCP(v6), IPv6, DNS/LLMNR (special thanks to evverx)
• Bluetooth, 802.11: new payloads supported
• IPSEC: AES-NULL-GMAC support
• Merge EAPOL into EAP
• fix latex theme
• IKEv2, ISAKMP: NAT traversal support, and other fixes (notify, ...)
• Minor fixes in Netflow, NTP, SCTP, TACACS
• [deprecation] Deprecate Winpcap support on Windows (please use Npcap instead if you are not already using it).
• [removal] Remove ubberlogger.
• cache get_if_hwaddr for performance
• fix arping without IP
• [new] tcpros layer (ROS 1.1)
• many more fixes

Automotive changes

TODO

[MeitarR]

When will it be released?
I see that the milestone is already passed due, can't wait for the new features 🙏

[guedou]

We are indeed late on the schedule. Our current goal is the end of February, but it might be subject to another shift.

[dijital20]

Hi there, any update on when this will be resolved?

[gpotter2]

I've just released '2.6.0rc1'.