Archived

This library is very minimal and is not maintained, so I have archived it. I recommend looking at alternatives like libpnet and rust-pcap/pcap.

Rustcap

Rust wrapper for libpcap

Developing

Windows

By default, rustcap will link with library files from the WinPcap SDK. These files (for both MSVC and MinGW) are included in this repo under the terms of the WinPcap License

MSVC:

• Packet.lib
• wpcap.lib

MinGW:

• libpacket.a
• libwpcap.a

To link with a different version of WinPcap such as Npcap, set env var... TODO. Note that Npcap is subject to a different License; see the documentation for details.

*nix

By default, rustcap will link with libpcap found by pkg-config or pcap-config (usually /usr/lib/libpcap.dylib or /usr/lib/libpcap.so). To change this, set env var... TODO

Runtime

Windows

At runtime, rustcap will expect Packet.dll and wpcap.dll to be available in the default DLL search paths (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18.aspx). This means in order to run tests and for any end user applications using this code, winpcap and its driver will need to be installed

You can download and install from the following sources:

• Winpcap
• Npcap - Look for the link to the installer. Install in Winpcap compatibility mode
• Winpcap updated to NDIS 6

Each download is subject to a different License; see the documentation for details.

*nix

libpcap will need to be available on the library path