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@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// + + netsniff-ng - the packet sniffing beast + +\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ + . . +netsniff-ng is a free, performant /( )\ +Linux network analyzer and .' {______} '. +networking toolkit. If you will, \ ^, ,^ / +the Swiss army knife for network |'O\ /O'| _.<0101011>-- +packets. > `' '` < / + ) ,.==., ( | +Web: http://netsniff-ng.org .-(|/--~~--\|)-' + ( ___ +The gain of performance is \__.=|___E +reached by built-in zero-copy +mechanisms, so that on packet reception and transmission the kernel does not +need to copy packets from kernel space to user space, and vice versa. + +The netsniff-ng toolkit's primary usage goal is to facilitate a network +developer's / hacker's daily Linux plumbing. It can be used for network +development, debugging, analysis, auditing or network reconnaissance. It +consists of the following fixed set of utilities: + + * netsniff-ng: a zero-copy packet analyzer, pcap capturing/replaying tool + * trafgen: a multithreaded low-level zero-copy network packet generator + * mausezahn: high-level packet generator for HW/SW appliances with Cisco-CLI + * ifpps: a top-like kernel networking and system statistics tool + * curvetun: a lightweight curve25519-based multiuser IP tunnel + * astraceroute: an autonomous system trace route and DPI testing utility + * flowtop: a top-like netfilter connection tracking tool + * bpfc: a Berkeley Packet Filter compiler with Linux extensions + +Have a look at the Documentation/ folder for further information, also at known +issues under Documentation/KnownIssues. Carefully read the INSTALL document for +the next steps in building netsniff-ng. Note that the toolkit is still quite +young and under heavy development, not yet feature complete and in a quality +level where we're satisfied with (i.e. for mausezahn). However, we're on a good +way towards tackling all these goals. + +The netsniff-ng toolkit is an open source project covered by the GNU General +Public License, version 2.0. For any questions or feedback about netsniff-ng +you are welcome to leave us a message at <netsniff-ng@googlegroups.com>. + +netsniff-ng is non-profit and provided in the hope, that it is found useful. +The current project status can be considered as "working". In general, all tools +have been tested by us to a great extend including their command-line options. +In fact, many of our tools are used in a lot of production systems. However, we +give no guarantee that our tools are free of bugs! If you spot some issues, +contact us as described in REPORTING-BUGS. Also, have a look at our FAQ [2] for +answering your questions. This project has received support from companies and +institutions listed in Documentation/Sponsors. Thanks for contributing, we're +thrilled to provide you with netsniff-ng! + +Happy packet hacking! + + [1] http://netsniff-ng.org/ + [2] http://netsniff-ng.org/faq.html |