Package: bittwist (4.7+ds-2 and others)

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libpcap based Ethernet packet generator

bittwist (or Bit-Twist) is designed to complement tcpdump, which by itself has done a great job in capturing network traffic. Bit-Twist can regenerate the captured traffic onto a live network (the packets are generated from tcpdump trace file, generating a .pcap file).

Bit-Twist also comes with a comprehensive trace file editor to allow one to change the contents of a trace file (bittwiste).

Generally, a packet generator is useful in simulating networking traffic or scenario, testing firewall, IDS, and IPS, and troubleshooting various network problems.

The Bit-Twist features are:

   * runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows;
   * send multiple trace files at a time;
   * send packets at a specific speed or up to your NIC line rate in Mbps using
     built-in token bucket algorithm;
   * comprehensive trace file editor with control over most fields in
     Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP headers with automatic header
     checksum correction;
   * comprehensive trace file editor to edit most fields in
     Ethernet, ARP, IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, TCP, and UDP headers;
   * automatic header checksum correction;
   * send packets with custom QoS bits to test classification/queuing features
     of switches/routers;
   * append user payload to existing packets after a specific header;
   * append user payload (e.g. copy of hex stream from Wireshark) to existing
     packets after a specific header;
   * select a specific range of packets and save them in another trace file;
   * highly scriptable - with proper manipulation you can turn Bit-Twist
     into an extremely flexible packet generator tool;
   * if you are teaching Computer Networks classes, you may find Bit-Twist
     useful as a practical teaching material. It gives your students a
     hands-on experience to learn various networking protocols etc.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Network Protocol: IP, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Works with: Network Traffic

Other Packages Related to bittwist

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.34) [not alpha, arm64, ia64, loong64, sh4, x32]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.38) [arm64, x32]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.40) [sh4]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.42) [loong64]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.34) [alpha]

  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

  dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.37) [ia64]

• dep: libpcap0.8 (>= 0.9.8) [ia64, m68k]

  system interface for user-level packet capture

• dep: libpcap0.8t64 (>= 0.9.8) [not ia64, m68k]

  system interface for user-level packet capture

• sug: tcpdump

  command-line network traffic analyzer

  or wireshark

  network traffic analyzer - graphical interface

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Download for all available architectures

Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	51.6 kB	232.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	4.7+ds-2	50.6 kB	128.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	4.7+ds-2+b1	48.0 kB	169.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	4.7+ds-2	48.8 kB	166.0 kB	[list of files]
hppa (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	51.4 kB	128.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	4.7+ds-2	53.1 kB	134.0 kB	[list of files]
ia64 (unofficial port)	3.8-1	53.5 kB	169.0 kB	[list of files]
loong64	4.7+ds-2	49.8 kB	232.0 kB	[list of files]
m68k (unofficial port)	3.8-1	43.7 kB	115.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64 (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	50.1 kB	232.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	4.7+ds-2	50.1 kB	232.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64	4.7+ds-2	51.5 kB	112.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	4.7+ds-2	49.3 kB	120.0 kB	[list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	54.8 kB	166.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	45.3 kB	2,090.0 kB	[list of files]
x32 (unofficial port)	4.7+ds-2	50.1 kB	122.0 kB	[list of files]