libtins is a high-level, multiplatform C++ network packet sniffing and crafting library.

Its main purpose is to provide the C++ developer an easy, efficient, platform and endianess-independent way to create tools which need to send, receive and manipulate specially crafted packets.

In order to read tutorials, examples and checkout some benchmarks of the library, please visit:

http://libtins.github.io/

libtins depends on libpcap and openssl, although the latter is not necessary if some features of the library are disabled.

In order to compile, execute:

# Create the build directory
mkdir build
cd build

# Configure the project. Add any relevant configuration flags
cmake ../

# Compile!
make

Note that by default, only the shared object is compiled. If you would like to generate a static library file, run:

cmake ../ -DLIBTINS_BUILD_SHARED=0

The generated static/shared library files will be located in the build/lib directory.

libtins is noticeable faster if you enable C++11 support. Therefore, if your compiler supports this standard, then you should enable it. In order to do so, use the LIBTINS_ENABLE_CXX11 switch:

cmake ../ -DLIBTINS_ENABLE_CXX11=1

If you want to disable WPA2 decryption support, which will remove openssl as a dependency for compilation, use the LIBTINS_ENABLE_WPA2 switch:

cmake ../ -DLIBTINS_ENABLE_WPA2=0

If you want to disable IEEE 802.11 support(this will also disable RadioTap and WPA2 decryption), which will reduce the size of the resulting library in around 20%, use the LIBTINS_ENABLE_DOT11 switch:

cmake ../ -DLIBTINS_ENABLE_DOT11=0

Once you're done, if you want to install the header files and the shared object, execute as root:

make install

This will install the shared object typically in /usr/local/lib. Note that you might have to update ldconfig's cache before using it, so in order to invalidate it, you should run(as root):

ldconfig

You might want to have a look at the examples located in the "examples" directory. The same samples can be found online at:

http://libtins.github.io/examples/