Packet injection
Encyclopedia
Packet injection is a computer networking term which refers to sending a packet on a network into an already established connection, usually by a party not otherwise participating in the said connection. This is accomplished by crafting a packet
using raw socket
s. Sometimes IP address spoofing
is used.
suite.
Other packet-injectors are Nemesis, Ostinato, pcap
, Winsock
, Void11, CommView for WiFi Packet Generator, file2air, AirJack
, and libradiate.
Packet crafting
Packet crafting is a technique that allows network administrators or hackers to probe firewall rule-sets and find entry points into a targeted system or network. This is done by manually generating packets to test network devices and behaviour, instead of using existing network traffic. Testing...
using raw socket
Raw socket
In computer networking, a raw socket is a socket that allows direct sending and receiving of network packets by applications, bypassing all encapsulation in the networking software of the operating system. Most socket application programming interfaces , especially those based on Berkeley sockets,...
s. Sometimes IP address spoofing
IP address spoofing
In computer networking, the term IP address spoofing or IP spoofing refers to the creation of Internet Protocol packets with a forged source IP address, called spoofing, with the purpose of concealing the identity of the sender or impersonating another computing system.-Background:The basic...
is used.
Software
A popular packet injection application for wireless networks is aireplay-nghttp://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aireplay-ng&DokuWiki=a96e889dd81ae5677cf2eaa686569563, which is part of the aircrack-ngAircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g...
suite.
Other packet-injectors are Nemesis, Ostinato, pcap
Pcap
In the field of computer network administration, pcap consists of an application programming interface for capturing network traffic...
, Winsock
Winsock
In computing, the Windows Sockets API , which was later shortened to Winsock, is a technical specification that defines how Windows network software should access network services, especially TCP/IP. It defines a standard interface between a Windows TCP/IP client application and the underlying...
, Void11, CommView for WiFi Packet Generator, file2air, AirJack
Airjack
Airjack may refer to:* Aircraft hijacking* Airjack...
, and libradiate.