Python Network Programming

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Listing 3.4 shows how to list the networking interfaces, as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env python # Python Network Programming Cookbook, Second Edition -- Chapter - 3 # This program is optimized for Python 2.7.12 and Python 3.5.2. # It may run on any other version with/without modifications. import sys import socket import fcntl import struct import array SIOCGIFCONF = 0x8912 #from C library sockios.h STUCT_SIZE_32 = 32 STUCT_SIZE_64 = 40 PLATFORM_32_MAX_NUMBER = 2**32 DEFAULT_INTERFACES = 8 def list_interfaces(): interfaces = [] max_interfaces = DEFAULT_INTERFACES is_64bits = sys.maxsize > PLATFORM_32_MAX_NUMBER struct_size = STUCT_SIZE_64 if is_64bits else STUCT_SIZE_32 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) while ...