Original source: http://netresearch.ics.uci.edu/kfujii/Jpcap/doc/ Forked by Dave Rusek 1/12/2012

Jpcap ver.0.7

Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Keita Fujii <[email protected]>


* Introduction

Jpcap is a Java library for capturing and sending
network packets.

Jpcap is based on libpcap/winpcap.
So Jpcap is supposed to work on any OS which
supports libpcap/winpcap. 
Currently, Jpcap has been tested on Microsoft
Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X.

Jpcap supports the following types of packets: 
Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, ARP/RARP, TCP, UDP, and ICMPv4.  
Other types of packets are captured as raw packets 
(i.e., instances of the Packet class) which contains 
the whole data of the packets.  This allows Java applications 
to analyze unsupported packet types.


* Requirements:

  - Java Runtime Environment 6 or Java Development Kit 6 (http://java.sun.com)
  - libpcap ver.0.9.4 or higher (http://www.tcpdump.org)
    OR
  - WinPcap ver.3.1 or higher (http://winpcap.polito.it/)


* Compile & Installation

see 'doc/install.html' for how to compile and install Jpcap
on your system.


* Usage

See the documentations under the directory 'doc'.
You can also check some example source codes under 'sample'


* Note

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the LGPL (GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE).  See COPYING file about LGPL.

Jpcap provides poweful control of the network which may cause potential
danger such as security threats or network policy violation.
Plase use Jpcap at your own responsibility.
I (Keita Fujii) am not responsible for any damage or legal/financial
issue caused by using Jpcap under any circumstance.
Also, DO NOT use Jpcap to develop any malicious software.