pcapfix For Mac

Before trying to fix your files, pcapfix checks for an intact global header, which it repairs, if there are any corrupted bytes. If there's no global header, the application adds a generated one at the beginning of the file.

The seconds step consists in truing to find pcap packet headers included inside the file, under the global header. This will check the correctitude of the values and repair packets if there is something wrong.

Fixing the pcapng file is similar. The application goes through all packet headers, checking for a mandatory section header and interface description block, creating them if there are some missing.

Of course, if something goes wrong, all invalid files are skipped or repaired, all in order to get a proper, valid pcapng file.

The application goes through all packets until it finds corrupted data, using plausability checks and finding field validity. The application tries to brute force header by reading the file byte by byte. Although time consuming, this operating makes it easier for you to repair the desired files.

Pcapfix is a cross-platform application that allows you to fix pcap files on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Unix based platforms