python codes to calculate TCP packet checksum

hii readers,

Today, In this tutorial I am going to show you how we can calculate TCP packet checksum in python

Introduction

Calculating TCP checksum is very hard and difficult concept for many guys because Networking concept is very big and complex. Hence, In networking protocols packets concept, TCP checksum is an important topic to understand Because TCP checksum is One type of the hash value of complete TCP packet that verifies the completeness and status of TCP checksum. During a TCP communication, Client Always sends TCP checksum values into the TCP packet so that the packet receiving server application can analyze the packet value and recalculate the checksum to verify the status of the packet.
TCP checksum helps server and client machine to detect corrupt packets.

How it's going to work?

Well, I am not going to make this tutorial lengthy.

Check Below Links To Understand The Theory Behind Calculating Checksum and Etc.

TCP Packet Checksum Calculation -Theory
What is Pseudo Header - TCP packet

Example Codes

Here, is my python codes for calculating TCP packet checksum.

#!/usr/bin/python
import socket
import struct
import binascii




class TCPPacket:

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    def chksum(self, msg):
        s = 0       # Binary Sum

        # loop taking 2 characters at a time
        for i in range(0, len(msg), 2):
            if (i+1) < len(msg):
                a = ord(msg[i]) 
                b = ord(msg[i+1])
                s = s + (a+(b << 8))
            elif (i+1)==len(msg):
                s += ord(msg[i])
            else:
                raise "Something Wrong here"


        # One's Complement
        s = s + (s >> 16)
        s = ~s & 0xffff

        return s




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For Complete Codes Of This Script. Check Below Link

Code To Create TCP Packet In Python

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