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OK, I admit it, I am a BIG geek and proud of it. How do I know this? A good sign is when I start to get the urge to craft my own TCP/IP packets.

Whether you want to test your custom built app, or wreak havoc on the network — packETH allows you to create the perfect Ethernet packets with limitless possiblities through a GUI interface.

packETH Screenshot

By specifying a custom payload, source MAC, destination MAC, source IP, destination IP, you can appear as sending from and to anyone on the network. packETH also allows you to specify how many packets to send up to and infinite amount and speed.

packETH is Linux only and included in Debian based Distributions, and possibly others. Sectools.org has a list of the top 4 packet crafting utilities if packETH doesn’t float your boat or find your lost remote.

You wouldn’t dare to send 4 million broadcast pings originating from an enemy coworker at wire speed, would you?

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3 Comments

  1. Austin Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 am

    I’ve been using Packit to do my TCP/IP packet creation and injection. It’s a bit unwieldy to use though since everything is done via the command line. Also, another cool thing I found was Libnet, a C library that lets you implement packet creation in your own programs.

  2. Shane Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    Nothing wrong with command line, thanks for the tips Austin.

  3. Akshatha Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 8:52 am

    Can I get the source code of this ” Linux: Be A Master Packet Crafter With packETH ” ??

    Can u plz send it to the above mentioned mail ID

    Thank you :)

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