libpcap

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Project Summary

The Packet Capture library provides a high level interface to packet capture systems. All packets on the network, even those destined for other hosts, are accessible through this mechanism.

In a Nutshell, libpcap...

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has had 6,369 commits made by 202 contributors
representing 55,335 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with a very well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 14 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 4 months ago

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Michael Richardson

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