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Missing Open Source Security Tools?

Posted by simoniker on from the swiss-army-knife dept.

Kinetic writes "There are many great open source security tools out there, Nmap, Nessus, and DSniff, just to name a few. However, with the world of security constantly changing, this begs the question, what open source security tools are missing? What commercial security tools have no viable open source alternatives? When securing/testing/exploring networks (home or enterprise), what security tools/applications/functionality are lacking (or non-existent) in the open source world?"

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  1. Rubbish. by brunes69 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Real students of linguistics and languages do not take issues with things like this, only elitists and grammar Nazis do.

    The statement "Languages evolve, but that fact is too often used as a cop-out for being too lazy to learn correct use of a language." is utterly nonsensical, because there *is* no correct use of a language. A language is a construct to serve the people, and as people change, so must the language. Languages evolve over time, and should be treated more like a living organism than a rulebook. The only "correct use of a language", by definition, is the way the majority of the populace is using it. In this case, the majority of the populace uses "begs the question" in this sense, so it is perfectly valid, and is not any less so than any other commonly used phrase.