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Tcpreplay

Tcpreplay is a set of Unix tools written by Aaron Turner which allows the editing and replaying of captured network traffic in pcap (tcpdump) format. It can be used to test a variety of passive and inline network devices, including IPS's, UTM's, routers, firewalls, and NIDS.

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[May 5, 2008] Tcpreplay 3.3.0 (Stable) by Aaron Turner

About: Tcpreplay is a set of Unix tools which allows the editing and replaying of captured network traffic in pcap (tcpdump) format. It can be used to test a variety of passive and inline network devices, including IPS's, UTM's, routers, firewalls, and NIDS.

Changes: This release dramatically improves packet timing, introduces full fragroute support in tcprewrite, and improves Windows/Cygwin and FreeBSD support. Additionally, a number of smaller enhancements have been made and user discovered bugs have been resolved. All users are strongly encouraged to update.

[Apr 15, 2007] freshmeat.net Project details for Tcpreplay by Aaron Turner

Tcpreplay 3.0.RC1 (stable)

This release improves OpenBSD, HP-UX, Cygwin/Win32, x86_64, and little endian support. Enhancements were made to allow editing packets with tcpreplay. libpcap detection was improved.

[Mar 24, 2007] freshmeat.net Project details for Tcpreplay

Tcpreplay 3.0.beta13 released

Tcpreplay is a set of Unix tools which allows the editing and replaying of captured network traffic in pcap (tcpdump) format. It can be used to test a variety of passive and inline network devices, including IPS's, UTM's, routers, firewalls, and NIDS.

Release focus: Major bugfixes

Changes:
This release fixes some serious regression bugs that prevented tcprewrite from editing most packets on Intel and other little-endian systems. Some smaller bugfixes and tweaks to improve replay performance were made.

Author:
Aaron Turner [contact developer]