PacketFu
A Ruby library for reading, writing, and manipulating network packets at a mid-level.
What is PacketFu?
PacketFu is a Ruby library for reading, writing, and manipulating network packets at a mid-level. It allows developers to create, parse, and inject packets directly to network interfaces or libpcap files, solving the need for programmatic network packet handling in Ruby applications.
Ruby developers working on network analysis, security tools, protocol implementation, or network simulation projects who need fine-grained control over packet data.
Developers choose PacketFu for its Ruby-native API, which simplifies packet manipulation compared to lower-level C libraries, and its interactive shell for rapid prototyping and testing of network-related code.
Overview
PacketFu, a mid-level packet manipulation library for Ruby
Use Cases
Best For
- Building custom network scanners or sniffers in Ruby
- Creating security testing tools like packet forgery or fuzzing utilities
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