Package: bittwist (4.7+ds-2)

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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)

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

• dep: libpcap0.8t64 (>= 0.9.8)

  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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Architecture	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
amd64	50.6 kB	128.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	47.4 kB	168.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	48.7 kB	166.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	48.8 kB	166.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	53.1 kB	134.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	50.1 kB	232.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64	51.5 kB	112.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	49.3 kB	120.0 kB	[list of files]