Module pnet_packet::util

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Utilities for working with packets, eg. checksumming.

Traits

  • Octets
    Convert a value to a byte array.

Functions

  • checksum
    Calculates a checksum. Used by ipv4 and icmp. The two bytes starting at skipword * 2 will be ignored. Supposed to be the checksum field, which is regarded as zero during calculation.
  • ipv4_checksum
    Calculate the checksum for a packet built on IPv4. Used by UDP and TCP.
  • ipv6_checksum
    Calculate the checksum for a packet built on IPv6.