linktype - All PCAP Link Types for your rust needs

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Introduction

This crate/repository provides a list of all known PCAP link types as per the tcpdump linktype list. It was created because I required a list of all link types for a project and could not find a rust crate that provided this information. Including this manually just for a single project, seemed like a waste of time. Therefore, to avoid repeating this process, I decided to create this crate.

An unofficial publicly managed linktype list as per https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html.

Usage

To use this crate, add the following to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
linktype = "0.1.3"

Then, you can use the crate as follows:

use linktype::LinkType;

fn main() {
    let link_type = LinkType::Ethernet;
    println!("Link type: {:?}", link_type);

    match link_type {
        LinkType::Ethernet => {
            // Adjust code execution according to the link type
        },
        _ => println!("Unknown link type"),
    }

    let some_link_value=1;
    let link_type=LinkType::from_u32(some_link_value);
    println!("Link type: {:?}", link_type);
}

License

This crate is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Contribution

If you would like to contribute to this crate, feel free to open a pull request or an issue. I am always open to suggestions and improvements.