Packet generator

A packet generator or packet builder is a type of software that generates random packets or allows the user to construct detailed custom packets. Depending on the network medium and operating system, packet generators utilize raw sockets, NDIS function calls, or direct access to the network adapter kernel-mode driver.

This is useful for testing implementations of IP stacks for bugs and security vulnerabilities.

Comparison

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class="wikitable sortable" style="width:auto; text-align:center; font-size:smaller; table-layout:fixed;" ! Title ! Author ! OS ! Interface ! Link ! License
AnetTest \| Anton Titov \| Windows, Unix \| rowspan="2" \| CLI \| [http://anettest.sourceforge.net/ AnetTest] \| GPL
Bit-Twist \| Addy Yeow \| Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X \| [https://bittwist.sourceforge.io/ Bit-Twist] \| GPLv2
Cat Karat packet builder \| Valery Diomin, Yakov Tetruashvili \| rowspan="3" \| Windows \| rowspan="3" \| GUI \| [http://packetbuilder.net/ Cat Karat packet builder] \| Packet Builder LicenseCustom: free for personal use
Colasoft Packet Builder \| Colasoft \| [http://www.colasoft.com/packet_builder/ Colasoft Packet Builder] \| Packet Builder License: Freeware
CommView Packet Generator \| TamoSoft \| [http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commview/pgen.htm For Ethernet] [http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commwifi/pgen.htm For Wi-Fi] \| Proprietary EULA
IP Sorcery \| Josiah Zayner \| Unix \| CLI and GUI \| [http://www.the-odin.com/ipsorcery.html IP Sorcery] \| GPL
Nemesis \| Jeff Nathan \| Windows, Unix \| CLI \| [http://nemesis.sourceforge.net/ Nemesis] \| BSD
Ostinato \| Srivats P \| Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X \| GUI and API \| [https://ostinato.org/] \| GPLv3
Packet Construction Set \| George Neville-Neil \| Linux, BSD, Mac OS X \| CLI \| [http://pcs.sourceforge.net/ PCS] \| BSD-like
Packet Sender \| Dan Nagle \| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X \| CLI and GUI \| [http://packetsender.com/ Packet Sender] \| rowspan="2" \| GPLv2
Pktgen \| Linux Foundation \| rowspan="2" \| Linux \| CLI \|[https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt Pktgen]
packETH \| Miha Jemec \| GUI and CLI \| [http://packeth.sourceforge.net/ packETH] \| GPLv3
pierf \| Pieter Blommaert \| Windows(Cygwin)/Linux \| rowspan="4" \| CLI \| [http://pierf.sourceforge.net/ pierf] \| free BSD
rain \| Michael Behan \| Linux, *BSD \|[https://archive.today/20131018181524/https://github.com/jabberwock/rain rain] \| free GPLv2
Scapy \| Philippe BIONDI \| Linux/Unix/Windows \|[http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/ Scapy] \|GPLv2
targa3 \|Mixter \| Linux, Unix \|[http://packetstormsecurity.org/DoS/targa3.c targa3] \| ?
UMPA \| Adriano Monteiro Marques \| Cross-platform (Python) \| ? \| [https://archive.today/20130113141528/http://umpa.umitproject.org/ UMPA] \| rowspan="2" \|GPLv2
trafgen \| Daniel Borkmann \| Linux \| CLI \| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160908021235/http://netsniff-ng.org/ netsniff-ng]
xcap \| cxxxap \| Windows \| rowspan="2" \| GUI \| [http://xcap.weebly.com/index.html xcap] \|Free
Simple Packet Sender (SPS) \| h0h1r4um \| rowspan="2" \| Linux \|[https://sites.google.com/site/simplepacketsender SPS] \|GPLv3
WARP17 \| Juniper Networks \| CLI and API \|[http://www.warp17.net WARP17] \|BSD
Wirefloss \| Wirefloss \| Web page \| GUI \| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209121606/http://www.wirefloss.com/ Wirefloss] \| Free

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! Title

! Author

! OS

! Interface

! Link

! License

AnetTest

| Anton Titov

| Windows, Unix

| rowspan="2" | CLI

| [http://anettest.sourceforge.net/ AnetTest]

| GPL

Bit-Twist

| Addy Yeow

| Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X

| [https://bittwist.sourceforge.io/ Bit-Twist]

| GPLv2

Cat Karat packet builder

| Valery Diomin, Yakov Tetruashvili

| rowspan="3" | Windows

| rowspan="3" | GUI

| [http://packetbuilder.net/ Cat Karat packet builder]

| Packet Builder LicenseCustom: free for personal use

Colasoft Packet Builder

| Colasoft

| [http://www.colasoft.com/packet_builder/ Colasoft Packet Builder]

| Packet Builder License: Freeware

CommView Packet Generator

| TamoSoft

| [http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commview/pgen.htm For Ethernet] [http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commwifi/pgen.htm For Wi-Fi]

| Proprietary EULA

IP Sorcery

| Josiah Zayner

| Unix

| CLI and GUI

| [http://www.the-odin.com/ipsorcery.html IP Sorcery]

| GPL

Nemesis

| Jeff Nathan

| Windows, Unix

| CLI

| [http://nemesis.sourceforge.net/ Nemesis]

| BSD

Ostinato

| Srivats P

| Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X

| GUI and API

| [https://ostinato.org/]

| GPLv3

Packet Construction Set

| George Neville-Neil

| Linux, BSD, Mac OS X

| CLI

| [http://pcs.sourceforge.net/ PCS]

| BSD-like

Packet Sender

| Dan Nagle

| Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

| CLI and GUI

| [http://packetsender.com/ Packet Sender]

| rowspan="2" | GPLv2

Pktgen

| Linux Foundation

| rowspan="2" | Linux

| CLI

|[https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt Pktgen]

packETH

| Miha Jemec

| GUI and CLI

| [http://packeth.sourceforge.net/ packETH]

| GPLv3

pierf

| Pieter Blommaert

| Windows(Cygwin)/Linux

| rowspan="4" | CLI

| [http://pierf.sourceforge.net/ pierf]

| free BSD

rain

| Michael Behan

| Linux, *BSD

|[https://archive.today/20131018181524/https://github.com/jabberwock/rain rain]

| free GPLv2

Scapy

| Philippe BIONDI

| Linux/Unix/Windows

|[http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/ Scapy]

|GPLv2

targa3

|Mixter

| Linux, Unix

|[http://packetstormsecurity.org/DoS/targa3.c targa3]

| ?

UMPA

| Adriano Monteiro Marques

| Cross-platform (Python)

| ?

| [https://archive.today/20130113141528/http://umpa.umitproject.org/ UMPA]

| rowspan="2" |GPLv2

trafgen

| Daniel Borkmann

| Linux

| CLI

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160908021235/http://netsniff-ng.org/ netsniff-ng]

xcap

| cxxxap

| Windows

| rowspan="2" | GUI

| [http://xcap.weebly.com/index.html xcap]

|Free

Simple Packet Sender (SPS)

| h0h1r4um

| rowspan="2" | Linux

|[https://sites.google.com/site/simplepacketsender SPS]

|GPLv3

WARP17

| Juniper Networks

| CLI and API

|[http://www.warp17.net WARP17]

|BSD

Wirefloss

| Wirefloss

| Web page

| GUI

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209121606/http://www.wirefloss.com/ Wirefloss]

| Free

Packet generator

Comparison

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See also