Libpcap Free and open source library for network monitoring
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Free and open source library for network monitoring Llibpcap is a system-independent interface for user-level packet capture. Llibpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications include security monitoring, network debugging, network statistics collection etc. What's New in This Release: · Compile with IPv6 support by default · Compile with large file support on by default · Add pcap-config script, which deals with -I/-L flags for compiling · DLT: Add IPMB · DLT: Add LAPD · DLT: Add AX25 (AX.25 w/KISS header) · DLT: Add JUNIPER_ST · 802.15.4 support · Variable length 802.11 header support · X2E data type support · SITA ACN Interface support - see README.sita · Support for zerocopy BPF on platforms that support it · Better support for dealing with VLAN tagging/stripping on Linux · Fix dynamic library support on OSX · Return PCAP_ERROR_IFACE_NOT_UP if the interface isn't 'UP', so applications can print better diagnostic information · Return PCAP_ERROR_PERM_DENIED if we don't have permission to open a device, so applications can tell the user they need to go play with permissions · On Linux, ignore ENETDOWN so we can continue to capture packets if the interface goes down and comes back up again. · On Linux, support new tpacket frame headers (2.6.27+) · On Mac OS X, add scripts for changing permissions on /dev/pbf* and launchd plist · On Solaris, support 'passive mode' on systems that support it · Fixes to autoconf and general build environment · Man page reorganization + cleanup

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