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Package: nast (0.2.0-5)

packet sniffer and lan analyzer

Can sniff in normal mode or in promiscuous mode the packets on a network interface and log it. It dumps the headers of packets and the payload in ascii or ascii-hex format. You can apply a filter. The sniffed data can be saved in a separated file.

As analyzer tool, it has many features like: 

 * Build LAN hosts list
 * Follow a TCP-DATA stream
 * Find LAN internet gateways
 * Discover promiscuous nodes
 * Reset an established connection
 * Perform a single half-open portscanner
 * Perform a multi half-open portscanner
 * Find link type (hub or switch)
 * Catch daemon banner of LAN nodes
 * Control arp answers to discover possible arp-spoofings
 * Byte counting with an optional filter
 * Write reports logging

It also provides a ncurses menu.

Tags: User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Networking: Scanning, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI

Other Packages Related to nast

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3)
    shared libraries for terminal handling
  • dep: libnet1 (>= 1.1.2.1)
    library for the construction and handling of network packets
  • dep: libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.3-1)
    system interface for user-level packet capture

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 75.0 kB240 kB [list of files]
amd64 71.4 kB208 kB [list of files]
arm 67.7 kB188 kB [list of files]
armel 68.1 kB188 kB [list of files]
hppa 69.3 kB192 kB [list of files]
i386 69.6 kB172 kB [list of files]
ia64 90.2 kB320 kB [list of files]
mips 66.0 kB228 kB [list of files]
mipsel 66.6 kB228 kB [list of files]
powerpc 76.4 kB224 kB [list of files]
s390 75.7 kB224 kB [list of files]
sparc 73.6 kB216 kB [list of files]