#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ net_alerter.py — Presence-tracking network monitor. Baseline on first run (silent). Alerts on join and rejoin. """ import json import os import socket import sqlite3 import subprocess import sys import urllib.parse import urllib.request from datetime import datetime, timezone from pathlib import Path # --- Config (overridable via env) --- # Minimum consecutive missed scans before a device is considered gone and the # tripwire resets. Uncomment to enable — set to 3 for 15-min grace at 5-min cron. # ABSENT_THRESHOLD = int(os.getenv("NET_ALERTER_ABSENT_THRESHOLD", "3")) MATRIX_HOMESERVER = os.getenv("MATRIX_HOMESERVER", "https://m.example.org") MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.getenv("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN", "") MATRIX_ROOM_ID = os.getenv("MATRIX_ROOM_ID", "!REDACTED:example.org") MATRIX_USER = os.getenv("MATRIX_USER", "") MATRIX_PASSWORD = os.getenv("MATRIX_PASSWORD", "") DB_PATH = Path(os.getenv("NET_ALERTER_DB", "/opt/net_alerter/devices.db")) ENV_PATH = Path(os.getenv("NET_ALERTER_ENV", "/opt/net_alerter/.env")) def now_utc() -> str: return datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") def get_db() -> sqlite3.Connection: DB_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) conn = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH) conn.execute(""" CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS devices ( mac TEXT PRIMARY KEY, ip TEXT, name TEXT, first_seen TEXT, last_seen TEXT, is_present INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, last_left TEXT ) """) # Migrate existing DBs that lack the new columns existing = {row[1] for row in conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info(devices)")} if "is_present" not in existing: conn.execute("ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN is_present INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1") if "last_left" not in existing: conn.execute("ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN last_left TEXT") # absent_count tracks consecutive missed scans (used by ABSENT_THRESHOLD) if "absent_count" not in existing: conn.execute("ALTER TABLE devices ADD COLUMN absent_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0") conn.commit() return conn def refresh_token() -> str: if not MATRIX_USER or not MATRIX_PASSWORD: print("[error] Cannot refresh token: MATRIX_USER/MATRIX_PASSWORD not set", file=sys.stderr) return "" payload = json.dumps({ "type": "m.login.password", "identifier": {"type": "m.id.user", "user": MATRIX_USER}, "password": MATRIX_PASSWORD, "initial_device_display_name": "net-alerter", }).encode() req = urllib.request.Request( f"{MATRIX_HOMESERVER}/_matrix/client/v3/login", data=payload, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}, method="POST", ) try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as r: data = json.loads(r.read()) token = data.get("access_token", "") if token and ENV_PATH.exists(): lines = ENV_PATH.read_text().splitlines() lines = [ f"MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN={token}" if l.startswith("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN=") else l for l in lines ] ENV_PATH.write_text("\n".join(lines) + "\n") return token except Exception as e: print(f"[error] Token refresh failed: {e}", file=sys.stderr) return "" def _do_send(token: str, msg: str) -> int: url = ( f"{MATRIX_HOMESERVER}/_matrix/client/v3/rooms/" f"{urllib.parse.quote(MATRIX_ROOM_ID, safe='')}/send/m.room.message" ) payload = json.dumps({"msgtype": "m.text", "body": msg}).encode() req = urllib.request.Request( url, data=payload, headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36", }, method="POST", ) try: urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) return 200 except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: return e.code except Exception as e: print(f"[error] Matrix send exception: {e}", file=sys.stderr) return 0 def send_matrix_alert(msg: str) -> None: global MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN if not MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN: print("[warn] No MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN set, skipping alert", file=sys.stderr) return code = _do_send(MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, msg) if code == 401: print("[info] Token expired, refreshing...", file=sys.stderr) new_token = refresh_token() if new_token: MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN = new_token _do_send(MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, msg) else: print("[error] Could not refresh token, alert dropped", file=sys.stderr) elif code == 403: print("[error] Room permission denied (403) — check bot membership in room", file=sys.stderr) elif code not in (200, 0): print(f"[error] Matrix send failed with HTTP {code}", file=sys.stderr) def read_arp_cache() -> list[dict]: """ Read kernel ARP cache from /proc/net/arp (passive, no active probing). Falls back to 'ip neigh show' if /proc/net/arp unavailable. OUI vendor lookup from system hwdata if available. Returns list of dicts: {"ip": str, "mac": str, "name": str}. """ devices = [] # Try /proc/net/arp first proc_path = Path("/proc/net/arp") if proc_path.exists(): try: lines = proc_path.read_text().splitlines() for line in lines: if line.startswith("IP"): # Skip header continue fields = line.split() if len(fields) < 4: continue ip = fields[0] hw_addr = fields[3] flags = fields[2] # Skip incomplete entries if hw_addr == "00:00:00:00:00:00": continue if flags == "0x0": continue device = {"ip": ip, "mac": hw_addr.lower(), "name": ""} # Try OUI vendor lookup from system hwdata try: vendor = lookup_oui(hw_addr) if vendor: device["vendor"] = vendor except Exception: pass devices.append(device) return devices except Exception: pass # Fallback to 'ip neigh show' try: out = subprocess.check_output(["ip", "neigh", "show"], text=True) for line in out.splitlines(): fields = line.split() if len(fields) < 5: continue # Format: dev lladdr ... ip = fields[0] try: lladdr_idx = fields.index("lladdr") if lladdr_idx + 1 < len(fields): mac = fields[lladdr_idx + 1].lower() device = {"ip": ip, "mac": mac, "name": ""} try: vendor = lookup_oui(mac) if vendor: device["vendor"] = vendor except Exception: pass devices.append(device) except ValueError: continue except Exception: pass return devices def lookup_oui(mac: str) -> str: """ Look up OUI vendor from MAC address (first 3 octets). Searches /usr/share/hwdata/oui.txt or /usr/share/misc/oui.txt if available. Returns vendor name or empty string if not found. """ if not mac or mac == "00:00:00:00:00:00": return "" oui_prefix = mac[:8].replace(":", "").upper() # Check both possible OUI database locations for oui_path in ["/usr/share/hwdata/oui.txt", "/usr/share/misc/oui.txt"]: try: lines = Path(oui_path).read_text().splitlines() for line in lines: if line.startswith(oui_prefix): # Format: XXXXXX (hex) (vendor name) parts = line.split(maxsplit=1) if len(parts) > 1: return parts[1].strip() except Exception: continue return "" def run() -> None: conn = get_db() ts = now_utc() hostname = socket.gethostname() # Read kernel ARP cache (passive, no active probing) arp_devices = read_arp_cache() scan_results: dict[str, dict] = {} for d in arp_devices: scan_results[d["mac"]] = d # Is this the first run? (empty DB = baseline mode, no alerts) row_count = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM devices").fetchone()[0] baseline_mode = row_count == 0 if baseline_mode: print(f"[info] Baseline run — seeding {len(scan_results)} devices, no alerts", file=sys.stderr) alerts: list[tuple[str, dict]] = [] # (event_type, device_dict) # Process devices currently on the network for mac, d in scan_results.items(): row = conn.execute( "SELECT is_present FROM devices WHERE mac=?", (mac,) ).fetchone() if row is None: # Brand new device conn.execute( "INSERT INTO devices (mac, ip, name, first_seen, last_seen, is_present, last_left) " "VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,1,NULL)", (mac, d["ip"], d["name"], ts, ts), ) if not baseline_mode: alerts.append(("NEW", d)) else: is_present = row[0] if is_present == 0: # Known device rejoining conn.execute( "UPDATE devices SET ip=?, name=?, last_seen=?, is_present=1, last_left=NULL WHERE mac=?", (d["ip"], d["name"], ts, mac), ) if not baseline_mode: alerts.append(("REJOIN", d)) else: # Already present — just update last_seen, reset absent_count conn.execute( "UPDATE devices SET ip=?, name=?, last_seen=?, absent_count=0 WHERE mac=?", (d["ip"], d["name"], ts, mac), ) # Mark devices that were present but didn't appear in this scan as gone. # absent_count increments each missed scan; is_present flips to 0 immediately # (or after ABSENT_THRESHOLD consecutive misses if that option is enabled). present_in_db = { row[0]: row[1] for row in conn.execute("SELECT mac, absent_count FROM devices WHERE is_present=1") } for mac, absent_count in present_in_db.items(): if mac in scan_results: continue new_count = absent_count + 1 # Uncomment the block below (and ABSENT_THRESHOLD above) to add a grace period: # if new_count < ABSENT_THRESHOLD: # conn.execute("UPDATE devices SET absent_count=? WHERE mac=?", (new_count, mac)) # continue conn.execute( "UPDATE devices SET is_present=0, last_left=?, absent_count=0 WHERE mac=?", (ts, mac), ) print(f"[info] Device left: {mac}", file=sys.stderr) conn.commit() conn.close() # Send alerts for event, d in alerts: name = d.get("name", "") vendor = d.get("vendor", "") if not name: try: name = socket.gethostbyaddr(d["ip"])[0] except Exception: pass if name and vendor: label = f"{name} ({vendor})" elif name: label = name elif vendor: label = vendor else: label = "unknown" tag = "NEW DEVICE" if event == "NEW" else "DEVICE REJOINED" msg = ( f"[{hostname}] {tag}\n" f" IP: {d['ip']}\n" f" MAC: {d['mac']}\n" f" Name: {label}\n" f" Time: {ts}" ) print(msg) send_matrix_alert(msg) if __name__ == "__main__": run()