pcap

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A packet capture API around pcap/wpcap for capturing and analyzing network traffic.

# Cargo.toml
[dependencies]
pcap = "2.4.0"

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pcap

networkingrustv2.4.0

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

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Capture

✓ use pcap::Capture;

Opens a network device and captures packets.

use pcap::Capture; fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> { let mut cap = Capture::from_device("eth0")?.open()?; while let Ok(packet) = cap.next_packet() { println!("received packet: {} bytes", packet.len()); } Ok(()) }

Debug

Known issues

gotchaRequires libpcap or wpcap installed on the system; missing library causes build failure.

fix

Install libpcap-dev (Linux) or Npcap/WinPcap (Windows) before building.

affects: >=0

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Version history

2.4.0latest on crates.io

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/rust-pcap/pcap ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/rust-pcap/pcap ↗

docshttps://docs.rs/pcap/ ↗