libnet是UNIX系统同台上网络安全工具开发的重要的库，它和libpcap、libnids一起，给网络安全工具的开发人员提供了一组丰富而且完全的武器，使之得以很方便地编写出结构化强、健壮性好、可移植性高等特点的程序。-Libnet is a generic networking API that provides access to several protocols. It is not designed as a　all in one　solution to networking. Currently many features that are common in some network protocols are not available with Libnet, such as streaming via TCP/IP. We feel that Libnet should not provide specific features that are possible in other protocols. If we restrict Libnet to the minimal needed to communicate (datagram/packets) then this allows it to support more interfaces.