Re: Who uses libnet, and for what?

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 11:11:29PM -0800, Mike Schiffman wrote:
> Hey guys, I want to compile a list of who uses libnet, and for what 
> projects... So let's start rattling off who's done what and doing what 
> with the ole' libnet...

I started with libnet quite a while back.  I thought I had a pretty good
grasp on TCP/IP and all manner of things, but I'm a hands-on kind of
guy.  So I started toying with Net::RawIP to craft packets, but I was
only moderately pleased with its abilities.  Shortly thereafter I
stumbled upon libnet, which seemed to be fairly robust, in active
development, and in use by quite a few people.  I quickly learned how
things do an don't work in the world of networking, mostly thanks to
libnet.

So, what do I use it for specifically?  I wrote a bunch of simple tools
for crafting various types of packets.  Honestly these started out as
mere "practice" programs to get myself familiar with libnet, but they've
come quite a way.  They aren't the prettiest, but they work and I keep
copies of the binaries and the source on all my systems:
http://spoofed.org/files/.  I also find libnet simple enough such that
if I have a particular protocol or service that I don't understand, or a
particular implementation that I suspect is misbehaving, I can quickly
hack something together to speak that protocol.  Simple enough to allow
quick hacking and prototyping, yet robust enough to do damn near
whatever you can dream up.

-jon