nmap / nmap/npcap

The direction of injected packets should be selectable per packet

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Description

As explained in #544 injected packets are sent to the miniport and looped back to the protocols.

The package injection API ( pcap_inject() ) should be extended to allow the selection of the direction per injected packet.

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Research direction

Start with the pcap_inject() package injection API and the behavior described in issue #544. Determine how direction can be selected for each injected packet; done means the API supports per-packet direction selection.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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