libnids-dev

Package contains libraries, required by other applications as dependencies. Do not install separately.

IP defragmentation TCP segment reassembly library (development)
Libnids is a library that provides the functionality of one of the NIDS
(Network Intrusion Detection System) components, namely E-component.
Libnids code watches all local network traffic, cooks received datagrams a
bit, and provides convenient information about them to the NIDS analyzing
modules.
Libnids performs assembly of TCP segments into TCP streams, IP
defragmentation, and TCP port scan detection.