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Package: netdiscover (0.3beta6+20080409-5)

active/passive network address scanner using arp requests

Netdiscover is an active/passive address reconnaissance tool, mainly developed for those wireless networks without dhcp server, when you are wardriving. It can be also used on hub/switched networks.

Built on top of libnet and libpcap, it can passively detect online hosts, or search for them, by actively sending arp requests, it can also be used to inspect your network arp traffic, or find network addresses using auto scan mode, which will scan for common local networks.

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Networking: Scanning, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Scanning

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.4)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libnet1 (>= 1.1.2.1)
    library for the construction and handling of network packets
  • dep: libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8)
    system interface for user-level packet capture

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