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May 19, 2023 · Information Security

How Suricata Dissects Network Packets: Deep Dive into Ethernet, IP, TCP/UDP Headers

This article explains Suricata's packet‑decoding pipeline, detailing how Ethernet frames, IP datagrams, TCP segments and UDP datagrams are parsed from raw traffic, and shows the relevant source‑code structures used in the open‑source IDS.