WinPcap

Pack of libraries for network managers.

WinPcap is a pack of libraries that allows the applications to capture and send small network packages without passing thought the protocols pile. If is a version of the popular libcap API for Unix developed for Windows. What's more, it includes other functions like packs to kernel filtering level, support for the capture of remote packs or a networks of statistics engines.

  It is an essential tool to launch many network tools, that already use pack capturing and the filtering by WinPcap. Some examples:

  - Network monitors.
- Sniffers.
- Intruder detection systems.
- Protocol analyzer...

  WinPcap includes the API library from Linux for Windows. Its proven efficiency has transformed the application more or less into a standard for the industry, despite being open code and free. It is used in commercial environments and its performance is sensational. If you still don't have WinPcap you should have a clear idea why you should install it.