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Packet Construction and Injection
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Libnet is an API to help with the construction and injection of network
packets. It provides a portable framework for low-level network packet
writing and handling (use libnet in conjunction with libpcap and you can
write some really cool stuff). Libnet includes packet creation at the
IP layer and at the link layer as well as a host of supplementary and
complementary functionality.
Libnet is very handy with which to write network tools and network test
code. Some projects, available in Debian/Ubuntu and OpenBSD, using
libnet are:
- [arping](https://github.com/ThomasHabets/arping)
- [ettercap](https://www.ettercap-project.org/)
- [ipguard](http://ipguard.deep.perm.ru/)
- [isic](http://isic.sourceforge.net/)
- [nemesis](https://github.com/libnet/nemesis/)
- [packit](http://packetfactory.openwall.net/projects/packit/)
- [tcptraceroute](https://web.archive.org/web/20130424094134/http://michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/)
- [yersinia](https://web.archive.org/web/20180522141004/http://www.yersinia.net/)
See the man page and sample test code for more detailed information.
Online documentation is available at https://codedocs.xyz/libnet/libnet/
> **NOTE:** Legacy code written for *libnet-1.0.x* is unfortunately
> **incompatible** with *libnet-1.1.x* and later.
> See the [Migration Guide](doc/MIGRATION.md) for porting help.
Building
--------
First download the [latest release][] from GitHub. Libnet employs the
[GNU configure and build system][autotools]. The release tarballs and
zip files ship with a pre-built `configure` script:
tar xf libnet-x.y.z.tar.gz
cd libnet-x.y.z/
./configure && make
sudo make install
To list available options, type ./configure --help
### Building from GIT/GitHub
When building from GIT, use ./autogen.sh to generate the
`configure` script. For this you need the full suite of the GNU
autotools: autoconf (>=2.69), automake (>=1.14), libtool (>=2.4.2).
How to install the dependencies varies by system, but on many Debian derived
systems, `apt` can be used:
sudo apt install autoconf automake libtool
### Using Conan
Libnet now is available on [Conan Center](https://conan.io/center/libnet).
Please add `libnet/1.2` to your `conanfile.txt`
### Building with Docker
```bash
# Build image
cd .devcontainer
docker build -t libnet-builder .
# Compile libnet with docker
cd ..
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):$(pwd) --workdir=$(pwd) libnet-builder
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
```
### Running Unit Tests with CMocka
```bash
# Running tests in the building Docker ^
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-tests
make
sudo ./tests/libnet_unit_tests
# Approximate output:
builder$ ./tests/libnet_unit_tests
[==========] Running 1 test(s).
[ RUN ] test_libnet_build_ethernet
[ OK ] test_libnet_build_ethernet
[==========] 1 test(s) run.
[ PASSED ] 1 test(s).
builder$
```
### Building the Documentation
To build the documentation (optional) you need doxygen and pod2man:
sudo apt install doxygen
sudo apt install pod2man || sudo apt install perl
For neat graphics in the HTML documentation, also install graphviz.
There is also a PDF version of the docs, to build that you need quite a
few more packages:
sudo apt install texlive-extra-utils texlive-latex-extra \
texlive-fonts-recommended latex-xcolor \
texlive-font-utils
For Microsoft CHM docs you need the HTML Help Workshop, which is part
of Visual Studio: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=154968, on
UNIX and GNU/Linux systems, see `chmcmd`, which is available in the
[FreePascal](http://www.freepascal.org/) suite:
sudo apt install fp-utils-3.0.4
Using -lnet
-----------
Libnet is installed as a library and a set of include files. The main
include file to use in your program is:
#include
To get the correct search paths to both the header and library files,
use the standard `pkg-config` tool:
$ pkg-config --libs --static --cflags libnet
-I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lnet
The prefix path `/usr/local/` shown here is only the default. Use the
`configure` script to select a different prefix when installing libnet.
For GNU autotools based projects, use the following in `configure.ac`:
# Check for required libraries
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libnet], [libnet >= 1.2])
and in your `Makefile.am`:
proggy_CFLAGS = $(libnet_CFLAGS)
proggy_LDADD = $(libnet_LIBS)
Origin & References
-------------------
Libnet is widely used, but had been unmaintained for a long time and its
author unreachable. This version was forked from the 1.1.3 release
candidate from [packetfactory.net][origin], bug fixed, developed, and
re-released.
Use GitHub issues and pull request feature for questions and patches:
http://github.com/libnet/libnet
Some old docs are available at:
http://packetfactory.openwall.net/projects/libnet/index.html
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- v1.1 (c) 1998 - 2004 Mike D. Schiffman
http://www.packetfactory.net/libnet
- v1.1.3 and later (c) 2009 - 2013 Sam Roberts
http://github.com/libnet/libnet
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