How to use PCredz on windows?

[Arinue]

I am not used to using Linux, what should I do to use it on windows.

[mjbear]

I am not used to using Linux, what should I do to use it on windows.

Hello @Arinue,

I didn't find any obvious python-libpcap documentation saying it supports Windows. If you've ever used Wireshark and other tools you've probably seen that instead of libpcap there's WinPcap which leads the conversation to some libpcap documentation regarding Windows (see below).

Unlike the UN*Xes on which libpcap can capture network traffic, Windows has no network traffic capture mechanism that libpcap can use. Therefore, libpcap requires a driver, and a library to access the driver, provided by the Npcap or WinPcap projects.

Those projects include versions of libpcap built to use that driver and library; these instructions are for people who want to build libpcap source releases, or libpcap from the Git repository, as a replacement for the version provided with Npcap or WinPcap.

🎯 Probably your best bet is to use PCredz within a Docker container (of course this would be post analysis of a capture). That mean's you'll want Docker Desktop for Windows and this doesn't completely free you from GNU/Linux, but sometimes there's just no choice.