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PAL (Pcap Analysis Library)
On the record
- Build
- The README describes building the tools with Cargo in release or debug mode.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Build and use
- The README describes building with Cargo and running the pcap-analyzer command on PCAP files.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Concurrency
- Analysis can use worker threads, with packets from a connection dispatched to the same worker to preserve order.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project is aimed at users analyzing packet captures and developers building plugins for network data analysis.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is offered under either the Apache License 2.0 or the MIT license.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Linux dependency example
- The live-capture instructions show installing libpcap-dev with apt-get.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Live capture
- Experimental live packet capture is available when built with the live feature and the required dependencies.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Live capture permissions
- Live capture requires CAP_NET_RAW and may require CAP_NET_ADMIN to list interfaces.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The GitHub organization describes rusticata as a safe parsers community.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Packet reconstruction
- It reconstructs network data across layers and is designed to handle fragmentation, missing data, and encapsulation.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Parallelism
- The analyzer supports worker threads, while its documented default concurrency is one thread.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Plugin limitation
- Plugins are embedded in the resulting library, and dynamic libraries are not supported.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Plugins can process data at network layers and respond to flow creation and destruction events.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PAL is a Rust framework and toolset for analyzing Pcap files.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Release availability
- The GitHub Releases page says there are no releases for the repository.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Tools
- The project includes a main analyzer executable, libraries for analysis and file manipulation, a Pcap rewrite tool, and a debugging analyzer.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
