Uses
Packet injection has been used for:
- Disrupting certain services (file sharing or HTTP) by internet service providers and wireless access points
- Compromising wireless access points and circumventing their security
- Exploiting certain functionality in online games
- Determining the presence of internet censorship
- Allows for custom packet designers to test their custom packets by directly placing them onto a computer network
- Simulation of specific network traffic and scenarios
- Testing of network firewalls and intrusion detection systems
- Computer network auditing and troubleshooting computer network related issues
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