$Id: README,v 1.5 2001/06/04 04:17:10 pcharles Exp $

                               jpcap README


  General Information

    jpcap is a set of Java classes which provide a system-independent 
    interface for network packet capture.

    jpcap utilizes libpcap, a widely deployed shared-library for capturing 
    user-level packets.

    jpcap consists of a small shared-library which wraps libpcap plus a 
    collection of Java classes. The shared-library component provides event 
    hooks, communication and data conversion between a running Java VM and 
    libpcap. The Java class components provide a abstractions for 
    many network packet types and protocols.


  Documentation

    If you downloaded a jpcap distribution from sourceforge and are looking
    for information on installing/running jpcap binaries, see docs/INSTALL.

    If you checked out jpcap from the CVS repository and are looking 
    for information on building jpcap in this tree, see docs/BUILD.

    Specific documentation on the jpcap java packages can be found in 
    src/java/net/sourceforge/jpcap/README


    Additional information can be found on sourceforge.net, where 
    development is hosted.

      jpcap -- http://www.sf.net/projects/jpcap

