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diff --git a/net/tcpreplay/pkg-descr b/net/tcpreplay/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c63b494 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/tcpreplay/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Tcpreplay is aimed at testing the performance of a Network Intrusion Detection +System by replaying real background network traffic in which to hide attacks. + +Tcpreplay allows you to control the speed at which the traffic is replayed, +and can replay arbitrary libpcap traces. + +Unlike programmatically-generated artificial traffic which doesn't exercise +the application/protocol inspection that a NIDS performs, and doesn't +reproduce the real-world anomalies that appear on production networks +(asymmetric routes, traffic bursts/lulls, fragmentation, retransmissions, +etc.), tcpreplay allows for exact replication of real traffic seen on real +networks. + +WWW: http://www.anzen.com/research/nidsbench/ |
