Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > libpcap

\"Libpcap provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring.Libpcap can provide network statistics collection, security monitoringand network debugging. Since almost every system vendor provides adifferent interface for packet capture, the libpcap authors createdthis system-independent API to ease in porting and to alleviate theneed for several system-dependent packet capture modules in eachapplication. Install libpcap if you need to do low-level networktraffic monitoring on your network.\"