Security App of the Year
 

This is a tough category as not all these tools are directly comparable.

nmap and nessus both are awesome

Nessus or nmap hard choice, choose nessus.

Maybe this should be a multiple choice voting for this section. After all many people use more than one security app.

And what about including antivirus tools (ClamAv) also in this section?

I voted for ClamAV. I would have liked to see FireHOL on the list though since fwbuilder is there. FireHOL makes developing iptable firewalls easy.:cool:

Although not directly comparable to the others on the list, guarddog should be on there. Although all it is is a fancy little front-end for iptables, it still makes configuring iptables a snap! Configuring Iptables by hand is too daunting for new users.

I've been using Arno's iptables scripts. Although I don't exactly know if a script fits into an app category. :)

Why "Firestarter" isn't there for voting?

I think ethereal rules, too

This is a hard catagory with several very different types of tools. It is hard to compare Tripwire to snort or snort to nmap. I use nmap and snort (etherial too) all the time. But I also use things like Logwatch. I wonder why SELinux wasn't a choice?

It is in the Hardening App of the Year category.

you cant make me choose between nmap and nessus! (didnt vote)

Guarddog would have been my first choice; I picked nmap due to lack of options.

nmap, tcpdump. But let's not forget the most important, platform-independent tool: your brain.

If tcpdump is a security app, you would also want to add ethereal into the list. :D