#!/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 re 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 get_local_subnets() -> list[str]: try: out = subprocess.check_output(["ip", "-o", "-4", "addr", "show"], text=True) except Exception: return [] subnets = [] for line in out.splitlines(): parts = line.split() if len(parts) < 4: continue iface = parts[1] cidr = parts[3] if any(iface.startswith(p) for p in ("lo", "tailscale", "wg", "tun", "docker", "br-")): continue subnets.append(cidr) return subnets def scan_subnet(cidr: str) -> list[dict]: try: out = subprocess.check_output( ["sudo", "nmap", "-sn", "-PR", "--host-timeout", "5s", cidr], text=True, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL ) except Exception: return [] devices = [] current: dict = {} for line in out.splitlines(): if line.startswith("Nmap scan report for"): if current.get("mac"): devices.append(current) m = re.search(r"for (.+?)(?:\s+\((.+?)\))?$", line) if m: if m.group(2): current = {"name": m.group(1), "ip": m.group(2), "mac": ""} else: current = {"name": "", "ip": m.group(1), "mac": ""} elif "MAC Address:" in line: m = re.search(r"MAC Address: ([0-9A-F:]{17})(?:\s+\((.+?)\))?", line) if m: current["mac"] = m.group(1).lower() if m.group(2) and m.group(2) != "Unknown": current["vendor"] = m.group(2) if current.get("mac"): devices.append(current) return devices def run() -> None: conn = get_db() ts = now_utc() hostname = socket.gethostname() subnets = get_local_subnets() if not subnets: print("[warn] No local subnets found", file=sys.stderr) conn.close() return # Collect all MACs visible right now across all subnets scan_results: dict[str, dict] = {} for cidr in subnets: for d in scan_subnet(cidr): 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()