WinPcap is a library for monitoring the data traffic on network devices, necessary for the operation of many programs and utilities.

Its free of charge, which allows use even in commercial applications, good documentation, good performance and platform compatibility for different versions of both Windows, Unix and Linux. The list of programs which are compatible with WinPcap is growing constantly.

WinPcap is a tool that allows users to transfer packets of information within Windows operating systems by circumventing the protocol stack. This allows data to be processed more efficiently. Such a tool is often used by website developers, networking testing professionals and open-source software creators. For many years, WinPcap has been recognized as the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments, allowing applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture. WinPcap consists of a driver that extends the operating system.

End users, meanwhile, only need to install this small executable to use any of the programs that use WinPcap.

For many years, WinPcap has been recognized as the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments, allowing applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture. For many years, WinPcap has been recognized as the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments, allowing applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture. WinPcap consists of a driver that extends the operating system. Dec 16, 2010 WinPcap is the packet capture and filtering engine of many open source and commercial network tools, including protocol analyzers, network monitors, network intrusion detection systems, sniffers, traffic generators and network testers. Some of these tools, like Wireshark, Nmap, Snort, ntop are known and used throughout the networking.

WinPcap is software which can snif network traffic.

Features and highlights

• Easy to use for the programmer
• Works on multiple platforms
• Portable application
• Tested and reliable
• High performance network application

WinPcap 4.1.3 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from network auditing software without restrictions. WinPcap 4.1.3 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

Winpcap 5

1. WinPcap Download
2. Freeware Network Auditing Software
3. Major release: WinPcap 4.1
4. Network Access Software