LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
Reload this Page Network Security Application of the Year
User Name
Password
2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards This forum is for the 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite products of 2011. This is your chance to be heard! Voting ends on February 9th.

Notices


View Poll Results: Network Security Application of the Year
Nmap Security Scanner 43 22.28%
Wireshark 47 24.35%
snort 5 2.59%
Nessus 3 1.55%
OpenVAS 5 2.59%
ClamAV 25 12.95%
tcpdump 12 6.22%
kismet 2 1.04%
fwBuilder 0 0%
Firestarter 17 8.81%
dsniff 1 0.52%
Guarddog 3 1.55%
psad 0 0%
p0f 0 0%
fail2ban 11 5.70%
Metasploit 6 3.11%
aircrack-ng 4 2.07%
Bro IDS 1 0.52%
Shorewall 8 4.15%
Nikto 0 0%
Voters: 193. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
  Search this Thread
Old 12-21-2011, 04:03 PM   #1
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,602

Rep: Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084
Network Security Application of the Year

What's your favorite network-based security tool?

--jeremy
 
Old 12-31-2011, 08:38 AM   #2
EricTRA
LQ Guru
 
Registered: May 2009
Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Distribution: Fedora 20 with Awesome WM
Posts: 6,805
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297Reputation: 1297
Hi,

Started installing OpenVAS this week as network security framework to test our stuff. My first baby steps in security.

Kind regards,

Eric
 
Old 12-31-2011, 11:52 AM   #3
hasanatizaz
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2007
Location: Pakistan
Distribution: Redhat and Debian
Posts: 317
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 35
nmap and tcpdump.
 
Old 12-31-2011, 01:26 PM   #4
honeybadger
Member
 
Registered: Aug 2007
Location: India
Distribution: Slackware (mainly) and then a lot of others...
Posts: 855

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Wireshark is easy to deal with.
 
Old 12-31-2011, 02:51 PM   #5
gilead
Senior Member
 
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Slackware64 14.0
Posts: 4,141

Rep: Reputation: 168Reputation: 168
I manually use nmap and wireshark regularly - but clamav is always in the background doing its thing
 
Old 01-02-2012, 11:02 PM   #6
weirdwolf
Member
 
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: 1 AU from a G2V star
Distribution: PCLinuxOS LXDE / Android
Posts: 247

Rep: Reputation: 434Reputation: 434Reputation: 434Reputation: 434Reputation: 434
Shorewall and zenmap(nmap)
 
Old 01-03-2012, 07:15 PM   #7
pusrob
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2006
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 507

Rep: Reputation: 36
Hi.
I don't know if it is too late to say, but I miss denyhosts from the list (I know, it is only a script, but still). That is a great tool indeed, and deserves to be in the list, I think.
Last edited by pusrob; 01-03-2012 at 07:17 PM.
 
Old 01-03-2012, 07:55 PM   #8
metalaarif
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2011
Location: Nepal
Distribution: RHEL, CentOS, Slackware
Posts: 131
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 3
I love wireshark, aircrack is used sometimes.
 
Old 01-03-2012, 08:32 PM   #9
corp769
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: /dev/null
Posts: 5,818

Rep: Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007
tcpdump all the way.....
 
Old 01-03-2012, 08:48 PM   #10
JohnV2
Member
 
Registered: Oct 2011
Distribution: Arch,BlackArch,Slackware
Posts: 66

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Difficult I use a lot of program in the poll options almost everything haha. Hmmm I think my vote is for Metasploit.
 
Old 01-03-2012, 09:25 PM   #11
anomie
Senior Member
 
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Texas
Distribution: RHEL, Scientific Linux, Debian, Fedora
Posts: 3,935
Blog Entries: 5

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
OT: this is a useful poll. Hadn't even heard of a couple of the applications that are listed as voting options. (It's a good day when I discover a promising new utility.)
 
Old 01-03-2012, 10:54 PM   #12
TedHornsby84
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 40

Rep: Reputation: 2
Nmap. Nothing will ever replace the utility of a good ol' fashioned port scanner when it comes to analyzing the security of your network.
 
Old 01-12-2012, 08:31 AM   #13
LauMars
Member
 
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: /root/
Distribution: Arch, CentOS, Debian, FreeBSD, Slackware, Solaris, SuSE (Open & SLES)
Posts: 115

Rep: Reputation: 25
fail2ban

Stuff like nmap, wireshark, et al are just scanners. Where as daemons like fail2ban are essential preventive measures.
 
Old 01-16-2012, 05:05 AM   #14
Nikosis
Member
 
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: In front of the monitor
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 322

Rep: Reputation: 59
Agree, this category should be divided.
 
Old 01-16-2012, 06:11 AM   #15
corp769
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: /dev/null
Posts: 5,818

Rep: Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007Reputation: 1007
Quote:
Originally Posted by LauMars View Post
fail2ban

Stuff like nmap, wireshark, et al are just scanners. Where as daemons like fail2ban are essential preventive measures.
Correction - They are more than just scanners. You can do a lot more with them, but they are just publicly known as scanners.
 
  


Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Network Security Application of the Year jeremy 2010 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 12 02-04-2011 07:47 PM
Network Security Application of the Year jeremy 2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 12 02-09-2010 04:55 PM
Network Security Application of the Year jeremy 2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 27 06-18-2009 08:51 AM
Network Security Application of the Year jeremy 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 22 02-16-2008 04:00 PM
Host Security Application of the Year jeremy 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 13 01-27-2008 01:02 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:45 AM.

Contact Us - Advertising Info - Rules - Privacy - LQ Merchandise - Donations - Contributing Member - LQ Sitemap -
Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration