pytun is a Python module which let you create TUN/TAP device very easily.

License: MIT (see LICENSE)

Install pytun with pip install python-pytun or download this archive, decompress it and execute python setup.py install. As pytun is a C module you will need a compiler (e.g GCC) and the Python development headers installed on your system (e.g on Debian-like distribution check that build-essential and python-dev are present). There are no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.

NOTE: On most distributions you will need to be root to create TUN/TAP devices.

To create a TUN device:

from pytun import TunTapDevice

tun = TunTapDevice()

To create a TAP device:

from pytun import TunTapDevice, IFF_TAP

tap = TunTapDevice(flags=IFF_TAP)

To create a TUN/TAP device with a custom name use the name keyword:

tun = TunTapDevice(name='mytun')

You can get/set some parameters of the device directly:

print tun.name
tun.addr = '10.8.0.1'
tun.dstaddr = '10.8.0.2'
tun.netmask = '255.255.255.0'
tun.mtu = 1500

If the device is a TAP you can also get/set its MAC address:

tap.hwaddr = '\x00\x11\x22\x33\x44\x55'
print tap.hwaddr

To make the device persistent:

tun.persist(True)

To bring up the device:

tun.up()

To bring down the device:

tun.down()

To enable/disable the queue associated with the device (works only if it has been created with IFF_MULTI_QUEUE):

tun.mq_attach() # enable the queue
tun.mq_attach(False) # disable the queue

To read/write to the device, use the methods read(size) and write(buf):

buf = tun.read(tun.mtu)
tun.write(buf)

To close the device:

tun.close()

You can also use TunTapDevice objects with all functions that expect a fileno() method (e.g select())