Nmap Development: libdnet IP sending versus raw sockets

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

Nmap uses libdnet's interface for sending raw Ethernet frames (using
eth_send with a handle from eth_open_cached in tcpip.cc). But when
sending raw IP packets it uses raw sockets instead of libdnet's raw IP
interface (ip_open, ip_checksum, ip_send, and others). Is there a reason
for this, or is it not really important?

David Fifield

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