Could i inject packets to Linux TCP stack without modifying the ethernet driver? Could i do this with using a library or sth ?
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Could i inject packets to Linux TCP stack without modifying the ethernet driver? Could
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Could i inject packets to Linux TCP stack without modifying the ethernet driver? Could i do this with using a library or sth ?
Thank you,
If by ‘inject packets to Linux TCP stack’ you mean send some data that the Linux kernel will treat as a frame coming from an Ethernet interface then you can use a ‘tap’ device. If an IP packet (layer 3) is good enough, then use a ‘tun’ device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/marcelo/linux-2.4/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt