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Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application programmer
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to construct and inject network packets. It provides a portable and
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simplified interface for low-level network packet shaping, handling
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and injection. Libnet hides much of the tedium of packet creation from
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the application programmer such as multiplexing, buffer management,
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arcane packet header information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues,
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and much more. Libnet features portable packet creation interfaces at
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both the IP-layer and link-layer, as well as a host of supplementary
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and complementary functionality. Using libnet, quick and simple packet
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assembly applications can be whipped up with little effort. With a bit
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more time, more complex programs can be written (Traceroute and Ping
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were easily rewritten using libnet and libpcap).
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