libviface : C++ bindings for Linux tun/tap and netdevice interface

libviface is a small C++11 library that allows to create and configure virtual network interfaces in Linux based Operating Systems.

#include "viface/viface.hpp"

// Create interface
viface::VIface iface("viface%d");

// Configure interface
iface.setMAC("66:23:2d:28:c6:84");
iface.setIPv4("192.168.20.21");

// Bring-up interface
iface.up();

Then you can send(), receive() or setup a dispath() callback to handle virtual interfaces incoming and outgoing packets. Also, interface statistics (rx/tx packets, bytes, etc) are available to read using readStat() and related functions.

For a complete overview check the reference documentation and examples.

Features

• Object Oriented approach to create virtual interfaces.
• Multiple strategies for packet reception and emission.
• Interface configuration API (MAC, Ipv4, IPv6, MTU).
• Interface statistics reading and clearing.
• Easily integrated with libtins.

Dependencies

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake doxygen graphviz

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make doc

Improvements

• Improve and fix possible race conditions when up/down is issued (and thus packet buffer based on MTU is resized) and a dispatcher is active or any other IO is active.

License

Copyright (C) 2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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