macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install bittwistlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install bittwistMacPorts ports tree · net/bittwist/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
bittwist mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für bittwist in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install bittwistDebian stable package indexes · bittwist · Quelle: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install bittwistopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bittwist · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Libcap-based Ethernet packet generator
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- bittwist
- bittwiste
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Bit-Twist is a libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator and packet editor maintained by Addy Yeow. Its official site presents it as a companion to tcpdump: capture traffic into pcap files, edit the packets, then regenerate that traffic on a live network.
Projektgeschichte
The official changelog begins with version 0.1 on January 25, 2006, initially using libpcap and libnet and tested on FreeBSD. By version 0.2, the project removed the libnet dependency and centered on libpcap.
The 2006 public release added man pages for bittwist, bittwistb, and bittwiste. Later releases consolidated the tool around the packet generator and editor, with version 2.0 in 2012 adding a Mac OS X distribution and ending the old web edition and bridge maintenance.
Adoptionsgeschichte
The input package-manager data lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and openSUSE packaging, which matches Bit-Twist's official cross-platform positioning for Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS.
Version 4.x in 2024 refreshed distribution artifacts across Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS and added modern network-test features such as jumbo frames and VLAN editing.
Wie es verwendet wird
Users typically combine bittwiste and bittwist: create or edit a pcap with bittwiste, then send it on an interface with bittwist. The official examples include throughput testing, firewall testing, SYN flood simulation, ARP-cache-poisoning demonstrations, and jumbo-frame testing in controlled networks.
The tool is aimed at administrators and network testers who need repeatable packet streams for firewalls, IDS/IPS, routers, switches, load balancers, and troubleshooting.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
Bit-Twist is package-nerd interesting because it is a small C-era Unix networking tool that survived across libpcap, WinPcap/Npcap, BSD, macOS, and Linux packaging rather than becoming a one-platform appliance utility.
Its split between a pcap editor and a sender reflects classic command-line composability: tcpdump captures, bittwiste edits, bittwist replays.
Zeitleiste
- 2006-01-25: Version 0.1 skeleton program released.
- 2006-04-11: Version 0.7 public release with man pages.
- 2007-10-26: Version 1.0 increased generator throughput option up to 10 Gbps.
- 2012-04-21: Version 2.0 added Mac OS X distribution and revised platform support.
- 2023-05-24: Version 3.0 updated homepage to bittwist.sourceforge.io.
- 2024-11-01: Version 4.7 released with IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q VLAN editing support.
Related projects
- tcpdump is the capture-side tool Bit-Twist explicitly complements.
- libpcap is the packet capture/transmission library Bit-Twist is built around.
- Npcap is listed by the official site as the Windows prerequisite.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: grün
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risikoklassifikator
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Warum
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signale
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
bittwist | cli | globales Executable | |
bittwiste | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-26
Manager-Version4.7
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://bittwist.sourceforge.ionone Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:bittwist |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.7 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bittwist |
| Homepage | https://bittwist.sourceforge.io |
| Repository | https://sourceforge.net/p/bittwist/git |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://bittwist.sourceforge.io/doc.html |
| Lizenz | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bittwist/macOS/Bit-Twist%204.7/bittwist-macos-4.7.tar.gz |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | libpcap |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | bittwist |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
|
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
bittwist 4.7+ds-2
libpcap based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo apt install bittwist- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bittwist
Ubuntu apt95%
bittwist 3.8-1build2
libpcap based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo apt install bittwist- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bittwist
zypper95%
bittwist 3.8-2.6
A libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator
https://bittwist.sourceforge.io
sudo zypper install bittwist- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: bittwist
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bittwist
MacPorts95%
bittwist
sudo port install bittwist- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Bittwist
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment