Tshark Scripts

Collect SNIs without using up a lot of memory

#!/bin/bash
set -eu
duration=180
interface=internal
# pmatch=python
pmatch=tshark
get_sni() {

  ts=$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3N%z")
  echo "I: Running tshark instance to get sni info. ${ts}"
  sleep 1
  tshark -l -i $interface -a duration:$duration -f 'dst port ( 443 )' -Y 'ssl.handshake.extension.type == "server_name" || http.host' -T fields -e ip.src -e ip.dst -e tcp.dstport -e http.host -e ssl.handshake.extensions_server_name 2>&1 > sni.log  &
}

is_tshark_running() {
  echo foo
}

main() {
  echo Staring tshark looper
  while true; do
    if ! pgrep -x "$pmatch" > /dev/null; then
      get_sni
    else
      echo "$pmatch command is already running."
    fi
    sleep 5
  done
}

main

Watch memory usage of tshark command

top | grep tshark