Sending Hex Packets

[Slaiochi]

So I got the connection parser to work (finally) now I need to send the game client a packet that tells it that it's connected. I caught the packet with 3rd party software, and it needs to be sent in hex. All my attempts at using TCPSend with the hex string have failed.

Any help appreciated, thanks!

Edit: Here's the packet to try with.

AA 00 13 7E 1B 43 4F 4E 4E 45 43 54 45 44 20 53 45 52 56 45 52 0A 
AA 00 13 7E 1B 43 ~.CONNECTED SERVER.

Edited April 3, 2007 by Slaiochi

[Shevilie]

Thoe two might help you

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/Hex.htm

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/Dec.htm

[Slaiochi]

Those return string/decimal representations of the hex, I need to send the raw hex to the client.

[Shevilie]

TCPSend(Hex("Something"))

I dont know if it works, but have a try

[Slaiochi]

I have had a try, that's why I'm here. Hex only returns numbers that are in hex values, not characters.

Also, this is weird but if you type an alphabetic character into the hex function parameter, it won't accept it. Even with the 0x in-front of the hex string.

Like AA at the beginning of that packet, complete screws up the Hex function.

Edited April 3, 2007 by Slaiochi

[rbhkamal]

I have had a try, that's why I'm here. Hex only returns numbers that are in hex values, not characters.

Also, this is weird but if you type an alphabetic character into the hex function parameter, it won't accept it. Even with the 0x in-front of the hex string.

Like AA at the beginning of that packet, complete screws up the Hex function.

try this (from the help):

#include <string.au3>
$String = "I like AutoIt3"
$Hex = _StringToHex($String)
MsgBox(0, "Hex", "Original String: " & $String & @LF & " Hex: " & $Hex)

$Hex = "49206C696B65204175746F497433"
$String = _HexToString($Hex)
MsgBox(0, "Hex", "Original Hex: " & $Hex & @LF & " String: " & $String)

RK

[Slaiochi]

By "raw" I meant sending the hex, not a string version or a translation.

[Kickassjoe]

AFAIK AutoIt doesn't have the ability to send hex packets.

If you google "Packet Sender", or something close to that, I'm sure that you will find one that meets your needs.

[Slaiochi]

Do you know what languages can send packets in hex? I really need to get this server working, multi-threading is a must too

[jvanegmond]

Omg, lol.. I think I did it..

$Hex = "AA 00 13 7E 1B 43 4F 4E 4E 45 43 54 45 44 20 53 45 52 56 45 52 0A "

$Str = StringSplit($Hex," ")

$Hex = ''
For $x = 1 to $Str[0]
    If $Str[$x] Then
        $Hex &= Chr((Dec($Str[$x])))
    EndIf
Next

MsgBox(0, "", "Click OK to start, make sure you have a packet scanner ready!")

$ReturnTCPStartup = TCPStartup()

$IP = TCPNameToIP("www.google.com")

$Socket = TCPConnect($IP,80)

TCPSend($Socket,$Hex)


MsgBox(0, "", "IP: " & $IP & @CRLF & "TCPStartup return: " & $ReturnTCPStartup & @CRLF & "Connected: "  & $Socket & @CRLF & "Message: " & $Hex)

WPE Pro tells me this is exactly the packet I was trying to send.

Edited April 4, 2007 by Manadar

[jvanegmond]

Do you mean binary data? when you mention "raw"... do you mean raw binary data that contains NULLs? Like transferring files? Because that has been rehashed on the forum many times.

Lar.

Larry, the solution I have given sends a hex 0x00. Is that the same as NULL?

I can remember Jon fixing the NULL thing...

[Slaiochi]

Basic Breakdown of the packets sent and received by this certain game.

Byte Signature (0xAA)

Short Length

Byte Action ID

Byte Ordinal

Byte[] Data

The Length corresponds with how many bytes are it. AA (00 13) [7E 1B 43], the Action ID corresponds with what type of action the server or client is requesting [AA] [00 13] [(7E) 1B 43], the Ordinal increases with every packet sent (Some packets use the ordinal as the start of the data, such as a redirect packet because they use no encryption) [AA] [00 13] [7E (1B) 43]. The data (obviously) corresponds to the data held in a packet [AA] [00 13] [7E 1B (43)].

Hope that made sense, I've been studying these packets for a while. Most of the actions on this particular game are server-side and therefor must be authorized by the server.

[jvanegmond]

Makes sense.. I noticed there was some stuff, and then a text message in the packet.

What game are you talking about?

By the way, did the code work for you? Does it send the Hex?

[Slaiochi]

Yeah it sends just hex, the game I am talking about is this.

It's a fun game, but the company is ruining their own game by adding a lot of stupid stuff. So I decided to try and make a server (Why in AutoIT I have no idea) so I could make it the way I see it should be.

[jvanegmond]

Good initiative.

[Slaiochi]

Thanks, a few programmers in the community started a project like this. Had working connections and items and the like, but never finished it. Nor will they tell me anything about how the packets are encrypted/decrypted.

[jvanegmond]

Thanks, a few programmers in the community started a project like this. Had working connections and items and the like, but never finished it. Nor will they tell me anything about how the packets are encrypted/decrypted.

Post some packets here...

Someone may have a clue which encryption it is...

[Slaiochi]

Give me a second, I'll post a ton.

Attack (Space Bar) Send/Recv Packets from the Live Server.

Send:

AA 00 03 13 2B 92

Recv:

{AA 00 0B 1A A2 2A 70 20 0D 03 38 6E 11 1F

AA 00 03 19 A3 D7

AA 00 08 3F A4 28 76 39 25 01 3B}

Edited April 4, 2007 by Slaiochi

[SkinnyWhiteGuy]

Give me a second, I'll post a ton.

Attack (Space Bar) Send/Recv Packets from the Live Server.

Send:

AA 00 03 13 2B 92

Recv:

AA 00 0B 1A A2 2A 70 20 0D 03 38 6E 11 1F AA 00 03 19 A3 D7 AA 00 08 3F A4 28 76 39 25 01 3B

Just from a first quick glance, your Receiving 3 separate messages from the Server.

AA 00 Just looks to me like the beginning of a header, or at least it's just making sure it has your attention. The next byte gives you the length of the information coming, and the rest is the actual data.

So, the Recv looks like this (I believe)

AA 00 0B 1A A2 2A 70 20 0D 03 38 6E 11 1F

AA 00 03 19 A3 D7

AA 00 08 3F A4 28 76 39 25 01 3B

The actual Data starts at the 4th byte and goes on for however long the length field tells it to.

If you already knew all this, just disregard the above, I didn't sleep well last night, and when I saw the length look like that, it actually made me feel better. Been forever since I've done stuff like this, and I miss it...

[Slaiochi]

Look on page one, I already explained the construction of these packets.