Some Opensource Security Tools.

  1. Wireshark:- A Powerful network traffic analyzing GUI tool. Previously it was called ethereal. It can capture the Network Traffic and analysis the captured File from tcpdump. For Ubuntu 6.10 onwards install the wireshark and wireshark-common packages from the Universe Repo.

    • sudo apt-get install wireshark wireshark-common
  2. Nessus:- A powerful network security auditor, with a nice GUI. Nessus supports plugins and offers a usually current attack database. It has a features of useful scripting abilities, which allow us to automate many tasks. Install the nessus package to install the nessus.

    • sudo apt-get install nessus
  3. Nmap:- The standard Port Scanner. To install Nmap install the nmap package.

    • sudo apt-get install nmap
  4. Etherape

  5. Kismet

  6. Chkrootkit

  7. Rkhunter

  8. tiger

  9. GnuPG

  10. Seahorse

  11. Nemesis

  12. Tcpdump

  13. OpenSSH

  14. denyhosts

  15. aircrack-ng
  16. airdump
  17. snort
  18. hping3
  19. aide
  20. lsof
  21. dsniff
  22. ....More to be add and Description tooooo. Sooon it will be added :)

surmandal/UbuntuSecurityTools (last edited 2008-06-08 08:20:15 by surmandal)