Improve IP Packet Parser

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This PR improves the IP Packet Parser project with several enhancements:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed missing semicolon in main.c
• Fixed incorrect bit manipulation in IPv4 and IPv6 packet parsing
• Fixed typo in IPv4 struct (destination_addres → destination_address)
• Fixed IPv6 address parsing and formatting

Improvements

• Added proper error handling throughout the codebase
• Enhanced protocol detection with more protocol types
• Improved IPv6 address formatting to handle address compression
• Added TTL output in IPv4 packet printing
• Fixed command-line argument handling

New Features

• Added a Makefile for easier compilation
• Created a packet generator tool to create test IPv4 and IPv6 packets
• Enhanced documentation in header files

Documentation

• Completely rewrote the README with detailed usage instructions
• Added examples for both the parser and generator
• Included header structure diagrams
• Added compilation instructions

These changes make the project more robust, user-friendly, and educational.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR overhauls the IP Packet Parser by fixing parsing bugs, adding robust error handling, and introducing build and test tooling.

• Added a Makefile and packet generator for easier compilation and testing
• Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 parsing (bit manipulation, address formatting, TTL output)
• Improved CLI argument handling and documentation

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 9 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
README.md	Completely rewrote usage, features, and examples
Makefile	New build rules for parser and generator
IP Packet Reader/protocol.c	Extended protocol lookup table
IP Packet Reader/packet_generator.c	Added IPv4/IPv6 packet generator tool
IP Packet Reader/main.c	Improved argument checks and error messages
IP Packet Reader/IPv6.h & IPv6.c	Refactored IPv6 parsing/formatting with compression
IP Packet Reader/IPv4.h & IPv4.c	Fixed struct typos, IHL/fragment logic, and added TTL print

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

IP Packet Reader/main.c:18

• The usage message references "./main" but the actual binary is named "ip_packet_parser"; updating to use argv[0] or the correct executable name would avoid confusion.

#define USAGE printf("./main [packet files]\n");

IP Packet Reader/main.c:39

• Opening packet files in text mode can cause issues on some platforms; use "rb" for binary mode to ensure correct reading.

FILE *file = fopen(argv[i], "r");

[Copilot]

[nitpick] Escaping spaces in directory names can be fragile; consider renaming the "IP Packet Reader" folder to avoid spaces or using a variable with quotes.

Suggested change

	SRC_DIR = IP\ Packet\ Reader
	SRCS = $(SRC_DIR)/main.c $(SRC_DIR)/IPv4.c $(SRC_DIR)/IPv6.c $(SRC_DIR)/protocol.c
	OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
	TARGET = ip_packet_parser
	GEN_SRC = $(SRC_DIR)/packet_generator.c
	SRC_DIR = "IP Packet Reader"
	SRCS = "$(SRC_DIR)/main.c" "$(SRC_DIR)/IPv4.c" "$(SRC_DIR)/IPv6.c" "$(SRC_DIR)/protocol.c"
	OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
	TARGET = ip_packet_parser
	GEN_SRC = "$(SRC_DIR)/packet_generator.c"

[Copilot]

The create_IPv4_packets function currently only populates a struct but does not write any binary packet data to the file; either implement the output logic or remove the unused stub.

Suggested change

	// Write the packet to the file
	// This would need to be implemented to actually write the binary data
	// Serialize the packet into binary format
	unsigned char buffer[20]; // Minimum IPv4 header size is 20 bytes
	buffer[0] = (packet.version << 4) | packet.IHL;
	buffer[1] = packet.TOS;
	buffer[2] = (packet.total_length >> 8) & 0xFF;
	buffer[3] = packet.total_length & 0xFF;
	buffer[4] = (packet.ID >> 8) & 0xFF;
	buffer[5] = packet.ID & 0xFF;
	buffer[6] = (packet.Flags << 5) | ((packet.fragment_off >> 8) & 0x1F);
	buffer[7] = packet.fragment_off & 0xFF;
	buffer[8] = packet.TTL;
	buffer[9] = packet.protocol;
	buffer[10] = (packet.checksum >> 8) & 0xFF;
	buffer[11] = packet.checksum & 0xFF;
	for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
	buffer[12 + j] = packet.source_address[j];
	buffer[16 + j] = packet.destination_address[j];
	}
	// Write the binary data to the file
	if (fwrite(buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), file) != sizeof(buffer)) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Error: Failed to write packet to file\n");
	}