Netwib 5.35 review

Netwib is a network library. Here are some key features of "Netwib": Network features : · address conversion · udp/tcp clien

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Netwib is a network library.

Here are some key features of "Netwib":
Network features :

address conversion
udp/tcp clients/servers
packet encoding/decoding/displaying
spoofing
sniffing
etc.

...and general features :

data conversion
linked list, hash
portable threads
etc.

Using all these functions, a network program can be quickly created.

Netwib is available under the GNU GPL License.

This library has two main drawbacks:

- In order to provide new features, functions prototypes may vary between versions. So, a program created with version 5.1.0 might not compile with version 5.5.0. To move around this problem, several versions of netwib can be simultaneously installed on the same system.
- Netwib's features correspond to least common denominator of functions available on systems. This ensures a program compiled under one system will also compile on another. However, this design choice does not permit advanced features.
So, netwib is not suitable for long term projects. It is for small projects or quick hacks.