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Show HN: A toy version of Wireshark (student project)


A lightweight protocol-aware packet analyzer and behavioral exporter. Created as a personal response to global academic freedom challenges. - lixiasky/vanta

Unlike full-featured GUI tools like Wireshark, Vanta focuses on clarity, structure, and simplicity — ideal for custom scripting and minimal setups. main.go — Main entry point capture.json — Example input file internal/ core/ — Packet capture and flow reassembly decoder/ — Protocol decoders fuzz/ — Fuzzing module (experimental) export/ — Behavior exporting logic Amid political pressure, some universities like Harvard, MIT, and CMU stood up for international students.

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