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Fyodor's Top 100 Network Security Tools

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-for-each-centurion dept.

TheViewFromTheGround writes "Fyodor of nmap fame has released a top 100 list of network security tools, based on a poll of the nmap-hackers list, each with a handy synopsis and useful information about source-code availablity and OS-compatibility. The last version of this survey was published in 2003."

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  1. Does He Still Hack Slashdot Users? by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, I know bury it...how soon you forget.

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    If we don't fight for ourselves no one will.
    1. Re:Does He Still Hack Slashdot Users? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Ha, I was thinking that too. That was some fucking funny shit, back in the day.

      (Link for those who have no idea what we're talking about here)

  2. Rootkit detectors... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I clicked on the "rootkit detectors" link and was intrigued by the fact that it doesn't list IceSword - I recall reading an article that IceSword was the only one that detected the HackerDefender rootkit.

  3. Are we supposed to feel sorry for SDEM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Golly, the guy trolls a noted security expert and gets haxx0red for it, and we're supposed to feel sorry for him?

    Karma is a bitch, isn't it?

    Would you pick a fight with somebody bigger than you?

    If you do, and you get pounded into pulp, do you expect sympathy?

    He got what he deserved; reaped what he sowed.

    1. Re:Are we supposed to feel sorry for SDEM? by Clockwurk · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If a 5 year old came up to you and started talking shit, would you punch him?

  4. ethereal, tcpdump, nmap, kismet are my favorites by ThinkingInBinary · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Personally, I use nmap quite often to examine my own systems and make sure services are up or that firewalls are blocking the right ports. I also use tcpdump (and, for more complex tasks, ethereal) very often when debugging network problems. Kismet, of course, is a tool no geek should be without. On almost any long car trip, kismet+gpsd+gpsdrive are running, logging networks.

    It's freaking awesome that all these tools are available for free. Three cheers for their authors.

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  5. False analogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    SDEM wasn't 5 years old. Young, yes, but old enough to know better. And he was playing an adult game with an adult, and he reaped an adult-level response.

    If a 17 year old points a gun at me, I'm going to respond with deadly force.

    Nope, no sympathy AT ALL. None.

    1. Re:False analogy by Clockwurk · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Trolling someone and pretending to be a woman is hardly pointing a gun at someone. An adult level response to being trolled is to admit that you were trolled and move on with your life. Being petty and vindictive is a sign of immaturity.

  6. Re:ethereal, tcpdump, nmap, kismet are my favorite by trybywrench · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally, I use nmap quite often to examine my own systems
    I do the same thing. want to know what ip's your netowrk printers are set to without having to go to each run and print a config?
    >nmap -p 9100 *your network*

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