BIbizho·Sep 25, 2024Submission
PcapPlusPlus v24.09 is out – C++ library for analyzing network packets
3 points · Open discussionseladb
PcapPlusPlus
C++2017–2024
seladb / PcapPlusPlus
PcapPlusPlus
PcapPlusPlus is a multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use. It provides C++ wrappers for the most popular packet processing engines such as libpcap, Npcap, WinPcap, DPDK, AF_XDP, WinDivert and PF_RING.
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PcapPlusPlus is a multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use. It provides C++ wrappers for the most popular packet processing engines such as libpcap, Npcap, WinPcap, DPDK, AF_XDP, WinDivert and PF_RING.
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesPcapPlusPlus v23.09 is out – C++ library for analyzing network packets
4 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v22.11 released – C++ library for analyzing network packets
7 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v22.05 released – C++ library for analyzing network packets
5 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v21.11 released – C++ library for analyzing network packets
58 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v21.05 released – C++ network packet sniffing and crafting library
3 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v19.12 released (A multi-platform C++ library)
2 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v19.04 released – C++ network packet sniffing and crafting library
1 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v18.08 released – C++ network packet sniffing and crafting library
2 points · Open discussionPcapPlusPlus v17.11 released – C++ network packet sniffing and crafting library
6 points · Open discussionI've used libtins (a C++ wrapper on libpcap) for its high-level interface before and enjoyed it. Some benchmarks in the README indicate this library has marginal-to-significantly better performance: https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus
Comparing to http://libtins.github.io/benchmark/ at a glance it looks reasonable - libcrafter is a lot slower than both, and libpcap is often much faster. (scapy (Python) is really, really slow.)
Personally, if I was using libtins and really needed more perf I'd strongly consider just using libpcap directly. But the high-level APIs are really handy.
I don't have anything substantive to say about PcapPlusPlus but I'll check it out :)
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