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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
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<pkgmetadata>
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<herd>netmon</herd>
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<longdescription>
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Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application
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programmer to construct and inject network packets. It provides a
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portable and simplified interface for low-level network packet
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shaping, handling and injection. Libnet hides much of the tedium
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of packet creation from the application programmer such as
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multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header
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information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more.
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Libnet features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP
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layer and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary and
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complementary functionality. Using libnet, quick and simple
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packet assembly applications can be whipped up with little
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effort. With a bit more time, more complex programs can be
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written (Traceroute and ping were easily rewritten using libnet
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and libpcap).
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</longdescription>
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</pkgmetadata>
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