Package libnids: Information

Source package: libnids

Version: 1.23-alt2

Build time:  Feb 24, 2008, 01:59 AM

Category: Development/C

Home page: http://libnids.sourceforge.net

License: GPL

Summary: Libnids is a library that provides a functionality of one of NIDS components

Description: 

Libnids is a library that provides a functionality of one of NIDS
(Network Intrusion Detection System) components, namely E-component.
It means that libnids code watches all local network traffic, cooks
received datagrams a bit (quite a bit ;)), and provides convinient
information on them to analyzing modules of NIDS.  Libnids performs:
+ assembly of TCP segments into TCP streams;
+ IP defragmentation;
+ TCP port scan detection.
More technical info can be found in MISC file.

So, if you intend to develop a custom NIDS, you don't have to build
low-level network code.  If you decide to use libnids, you have got
E-component ready - you can focus on implementing other parts of NIDS.

List of rpms provided by this srpm:
libnids (x86_64, i586)
libnids-devel (x86_64, i586)

Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin