EasyIDS is an easy to install intrusion detection system configured for Snort. Based upon Patrick Harper’s Snort installation guide and modeled after the trixbox installation cd, EasyIDS is designed for the network security beginner with minimal Linux experience. FEATURES CentOS 4.5 Snort 2.6.1.5 BASE 1.3.8 Oinkmaster 2.0 ntop 3.2 http://www.skynet-solutions.net/easyids/default.asp Cheers, pavs

It’s time to take a break from all those Backtrack tools review. Todays I came across this very interesting and wonderfull tool called “The Zero Install System”, It’s exactly what the name says. There is no need of installing a software in order for you to run it, even better (is it?) you don’t have [...]

ASS, the autonomous system scanner, is designed to find the AS of the router. It supports the following protocols: IRDP, IGRP, EIGRP, RIPv1, RIPv2, CDP, HSRP and OSPF. In passive mode (./ass -i eth0), it just listens to routing protocol packets (like broadcast and multicast hellos). In active mode (./ass -i eth0 -A), it tries [...]

What is Nmap? Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and [...]