rvictl for Linux and Windows: capture packets sent/received by iOS devices

A utility to create packet capture dumps from iOS devices; useful for debugging network activity via Wireshark.

NOTE: There has been a major protocol change in iOS 13, so this will only work for iOS 12 and earlier.

libimobiledevice and python3 must be installed. Ensure that the usbmuxd daemon is running.

python3 and iTunes must be installed. Ensure that the AppleMobileDeviceService.exe process is running.
libimobiledevice will be downloaded as needed.

./rvi_capture.py [--format {pcap,pcapng}] [--udid UDID] outfile

• --format: capture format
  • pcap: The default. Can be streamed directly to Wireshark. Packets sent on the cellular interface are not Ethernet packets, and will have the source and destination MAC set to 00:00:00:00:00:00.
  • pcapng: Newer, allows for distinguishing between interfaces, but Wireshark does not support treaming captures with this format.
• --udid: device UDID
  The specific device to target. If omitted, the first device found will be used.
• outfile: output file or FIFO, or - for standard output.

./rvi_capture.py - | wireshark -k -i -

Packets sent on the cellular interface can be filtered for via the filter eth.src == 00:00:00:00:00:00 && eth.dst == 00:00:00:00:00:00.