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| -rw-r--r-- | net-libs/libnet/metadata.xml | 30 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net-libs/libnet/metadata.xml b/net-libs/libnet/metadata.xml index e9e59b746444..9191e4771115 100644 --- a/net-libs/libnet/metadata.xml +++ b/net-libs/libnet/metadata.xml @@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ <name>Gentoo network monitoring and analysis project</name> </maintainer> <longdescription> -Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application -programmer to construct and inject network packets. It provides a -portable and simplified interface for low-level network packet -shaping, handling and injection. Libnet hides much of the tedium -of packet creation from the application programmer such as -multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header -information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more. -Libnet features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP -layer and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary and -complementary functionality. Using libnet, quick and simple -packet assembly applications can be whipped up with little -effort. With a bit more time, more complex programs can be -written (Traceroute and ping were easily rewritten using libnet -and libpcap). -</longdescription> + Libnet is a high-level API (toolkit) allowing the application + programmer to construct and inject network packets. It provides a + portable and simplified interface for low-level network packet + shaping, handling and injection. Libnet hides much of the tedium + of packet creation from the application programmer such as + multiplexing, buffer management, arcane packet header + information, byte-ordering, OS-dependent issues, and much more. + Libnet features portable packet creation interfaces at the IP + layer and link layer, as well as a host of supplementary and + complementary functionality. Using libnet, quick and simple + packet assembly applications can be whipped up with little + effort. With a bit more time, more complex programs can be + written (Traceroute and ping were easily rewritten using libnet + and libpcap). + </longdescription> <upstream> <remote-id type="sourceforge">libnet-dev</remote-id> <remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:libnet_project:libnet</remote-id> |