2003-12-16 22:21:57 +00:00
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Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application programmer to
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construct and inject network packets. It provides a portable and simplified
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interface for low-level network packet shaping, handling and injection.
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2003-01-07 20:50:07 +00:00
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2003-12-16 22:21:57 +00:00
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Libnet hides much of the tedium of packet creation from the application
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programmer such as multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header
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information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more.
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2003-01-07 20:50:07 +00:00
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Libnet features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP layer
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and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary and complementary
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functionality.
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2003-12-16 22:21:57 +00:00
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Using libnet, quick and simple packet assembly applications can be whipped up
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with little effort. With a bit more time, more complex programs can be written
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(Traceroute and ping were easily rewritten using libnet and libpcap).
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Libnet is distrubuted under the BSD license.
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2003-01-07 20:50:07 +00:00
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2003-12-16 22:21:57 +00:00
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Author: Mike D. Schiffman <mike at infonexus dot com>
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WWW: http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/libnet/
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