Network Sniffer

A lightweight and efficient network sniffer that captures and analyzes network packets in real-time. This tool leverages pcap to monitor network traffic on a specified interface, allowing you to inspect, filter, and process packets according to your requirements.

Features

• Capture packets on specific network interfaces.
• Apply customizable filters (e.g., TCP/IP packets, specific ports).
• Analyze, save, or process packet data with user-defined functions.

Prerequisites

• Operating System: Linux, BSD, or any platform supporting pcap.
• Dependencies:

  • libpcap

    Installation: wget https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-1.10.5.tar.xz

    tar -xzf libpcap-1.10.5.tar.xz

    cd libpcap-1.10.5 && ./configure

    make

    sudo make install

How to Run

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/namher-sec/Network-Sniffer.git  
cd Network-Sniffer

2. Build the Program

Ensure you have a C compiler (e.g., gcc) installed. Then compile the program:

gcc -o sniffer sniffer.c -lpcap  

3. Run the program

sudo ./sniffer

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

This tool is not meant to be used in real life production/security environements. Please look into TCPDump or Wireshark