Combining libnet and libpcap

The ability to create arbitrary packets can be very powerful in a tool. When this is combined with the ability to capture packets from the network you can create powerful tools to manipulate traffic on the network. In this section we will create such a tool: a simple half-open port scanner called SYNplescan.

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