{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "software",
  "description_en": "The Packet Tracer .pkt/.pka project reconstructs Cisco Packet Tracer's encrypted lab-file containers and their XML payloads. Its Python codec and CLI decode, re-encode, inspect, diff and export files, while a builder generates lab topologies and scored activities using documented cipher, compression and schema details.",
  "description_zh": "Packet Tracer .pkt/.pka 项目重建 Cisco Packet Tracer 的加密实验文件容器及其 XML 内容。Python 编解码器和命令行工具可解码、重编码、检查、比较与导出文件；生成器依据记录的加密、压缩和结构细节创建网络拓扑及评分活动。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/aacanadaa/packet-tracer-pkt-format/blob/abab1b12398382cd374e91dd542a783c7630ee10/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "packet-tracer-pkt-format-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case/index.md",
  "name": "Packet Tracer .pkt/.pka: reconstructing the lab file format",
  "name_zh": "Packet Tracer .pkt/.pka：重建实验文件格式",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/packet-tracer-pkt-format-case.png",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "scope",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Python 3.10+ is required; inspecting a file requires an existing .pkt or .pka, and Packet Tracer is needed to open generated results.",
    "The author reports coverage of two container families spanning Packet Tracer 4.1 through 9.0.1.",
    "GPL-3.0 license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 Python 3.10+；检查文件需现有 .pkt 或 .pka 文件，打开生成结果需 Packet Tracer。",
    "作者报告支持 Packet Tracer 4.1 至 9.0.1 的两类容器格式。",
    "采用 GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "app"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/aacanadaa/packet-tracer-pkt-format",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}