Bug#123507: O: tcpreplay -- Tool to replay saved tcpdump files at arbitrary speeds
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of tcpreplay, Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>,
is apparently not active anymore[*]. Therefore, I orphan this package
now. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- retitle
this bug from 'O:' to 'ITA:', fix the outstanding bugs and upload a
new version with your name in the Maintainer: field and a
* New maintainer (Closes: #thisbug)
in the changelog so this bug is closed.
Some information about this package:
Package: tcpreplay
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libpcap0 (>= 0.4-1)
Filename: pool/main/t/tcpreplay/tcpreplay_1.0.1-1_i386.deb
Size: 10964
MD5sum: 6b8ae57038de4c80becde5d91cbea2cd
Description: Tool to replay saved tcpdump files at arbitrary speeds
Tcpreplay is aimed at testing the performance of a NIDS by
replaying real background network traffic in which to hide
attacks. Tcpreplay allows you to control the speed at which the
traffic is replayed, and can replay arbitrary tcpdump traces. Unlike
programmatically-generated artificial traffic which doesn't
exercise the application/protocol inspection that a NIDS performs,
and doesn't reproduce the real-world anomalies that appear on
production networks (asymmetric routes, traffic bursts/lulls,
fragmentation, retransmissions, etc.), tcpreplay allows for exact
replication of real traffic seen on real networks.
.
For more information visit the tcpreplay web site
http://www.anzen.com/research/nidsbench/ .
[*] Justification: the maintainer currently has 17 open RC bugs (not
counting those fixed in NMUs). Several NMUs were done, at least two
packages (pwlib, usbview) have already been hihacked, the maintainer
does not respond to mails.
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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