libpcap

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Analyzed about 17 hours ago. based on code collected about 17 hours ago.

Project Summary

The Packet Capture library provides a high level interface to packet capture systems. All packets on the network, even those destined for other hosts, are accessible through this mechanism.

In a Nutshell, libpcap...

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has had 6,679 commits made by 205 contributors
representing 69,503 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with a very well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
with increasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 17 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 4 days ago

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Michael Richardson

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