Npcap

E484052

Npcap is a high-performance packet capture and network monitoring library for Windows, commonly used by tools like Wireshark for low-level network traffic analysis.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Npcap canonical 3
Npcap DLL 1
Npcap service 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows software ⓘ
network monitoring library ⓘ
packet capture library ⓘ
software ⓘ
basedOn WinPcap ⓘ
category Windows-only free software ⓘ
network analysis software ⓘ
packet analyzers ⓘ
compatibleWith WinPcap API ⓘ
linked to: WinPcap
component Npcap DLL ⓘ
linked to: Npcap

Npcap driver ⓘ
Npcap service ⓘ
linked to: Npcap
developer Nmap Project ⓘ
linked to: Nmap
distribution bundled with Nmap ⓘ
bundled with Wireshark ⓘ
standalone installer ⓘ
implements libpcap API ⓘ
license free for non-commercial use ⓘ
proprietary license ⓘ
maintainer Gordon Lyon ⓘ
operatingSystem Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
platform Windows ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
replaces WinPcap ⓘ
requires .NET Framework (for some tools using it) ⓘ
linked to: .NET Framework
securityFeature digitally signed driver ⓘ
limited access to administrators by default ⓘ
supportsArchitecture 32-bit Windows ⓘ
64-bit Windows ⓘ
supportsFeature IPv4 traffic capture ⓘ
IPv6 traffic capture ⓘ
NPF driver ⓘ
WinPcap-compatible mode ⓘ
high-performance capture ⓘ
kernel-level packet filtering ⓘ
loopback packet capture ⓘ
packet injection ⓘ
raw 802.11 Wi-Fi capture ⓘ
supportsInterface WinPcap-compatible capture interface names ⓘ
usedBy NetworkMiner ⓘ
Nmap ⓘ
Wireshark ⓘ
Zenmap ⓘ
usedFor network monitoring ⓘ
network traffic analysis ⓘ
packet capture ⓘ
security auditing ⓘ
website https://nmap.org/npcap/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wireshark → usesLibrary → Npcap ⓘ
libpcap → inspired → Npcap ⓘ
WinPcap → replacedBy → Npcap ⓘ
Npcap → component → Npcap DLL ⓘ
linked to: Npcap
Npcap → component → Npcap service ⓘ
linked to: Npcap