Network Security (15 products)

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Software tools that are used to protect data and files on a computer network by restricting access to it.

Products


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OSSEC HIDS
OSSEC HIDS performs log analysis, integrity checking, rootkit detection, time-based alerting and active response.
Belongs To: Network Security
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Fail2ban
"Fail2Ban monitors log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/error_log and bans failure-prone addresses. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address or executes user defined commands." (Description on Sourceforge)
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Guarddog
"Guarddog is firewall generation/management utility for KDE 2 or 3 on Linux. It allows you to specify which...
Belongs To: Network Firewall
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ettercap
"Ettercap is a multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN.It supports active and passive dissection...
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Tcpdump
"tcpdump is a tool for network monitoring, protocol debugging and data acquisition." (Description on...
Belongs To: Network Security
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X-scan
A multi-threaded, plug-in-supported vulnerability scanner. X-Scan includes many features, including full NASL...
Belongs To: Network Security
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IPCop Firewall
IPCop Linux is a complete Linux Distribution whose sole purpose is to protect the networks it is installed on. By...
Belongs To: Network Security
Kismet
Kismet is an open source intrusion detecting system. You can also use it as a wireless network detector or as a...
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Nessus
"Nessus is a remote security scanner for Linux and FreeBSD. It is plug-in-based, and performs over 10,000 remote...
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Nikto
"Nikto is a Web server scanner which performscomprehensive tests against Web servers formultiple items, including...
Belongs To: Network Security
PeerGuardian
PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple...
Belongs To: Network Security
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Pyroman
"Pyroman is a firewall config tool for complexnetworks. By using iptables-restore, it's muchfaster than other tools...
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Snort
"Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and...
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Wireshark
Wireshark is an open source award winning network protocol analyzer working on all the BSD, POSIX and Microsoft....
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netcat
"Netcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol....
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