[Enhancement] Add support for PIM Register and Register Stop messages under scapy.contrib.pim
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Description
Add support for PIM Register:
fields = ["border", "null"] BitField
PIM Register Stop:
fields = ["group", "source"]
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in scapy.contrib.pim and review the existing PIM message definitions and field declarations. Add support for PIM Register with the requested border and null BitField fields, and PIM Register Stop with group and source fields; verify that both message types can be constructed and dissected correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100