Simple-Packet-Sniffer-Using-Libpcap

This is a simple packet sniffer written in C that captures packets on a specified network interface and prints useful information about the packets such as source and destination MAC addresses, IP addresses, and protocols. The program uses the libpcap library to capture packets

Requirements

You will need development version of Pcap. Run sudo apt-get install git libpcap-dev in your Linux terminal

Usage

To use this program, follow these steps:

1. Git clone this repository using: git clone https://github.com/umairsafdar768/Simple-Packet-Sniffer-Using-Libpcap
2. cd into the cloned repository and run make
3. An executable named packet_sniffer will be created in the current directory. Run it using sudo ./packet_sniffer
4. You will be prompted for name of interface and number of packets to capture. Enter appropriate responses.
5. Run make clean to clear the main directory

Note: This program requires root privileges to run, as capturing packets requires special permissions.

Feel free to suggest changes/improvements.