Security App of the Year

endlos · 02-16-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by glebovitz

While all of these apps serve different purposes, SELinux has done the most for me. Labeling and kernel based policy enforcement does a great job of partitioning security. I got tired of running "jails" for each service.

I agree, and I dont consider SELinux an app. Its by far the most complex technology on the list which enhances the kernel to a higher security level. Check the "Orange Book"http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/libr...00.28-STD.html, SELinux (Mandatory Access Control level) makes Linux (if well configured) far more secure than any other Windows (Discretionary Access Control) or even UNix.

cincindie · 02-16-2006, 02:55 PM

I'd probably vote 8.333% for each if I can.

flebber · 02-16-2006, 07:29 PM

I can see firestarter in the list but my security app of the year is guardog far more logical for me to use and configure.

Chalk one vote up for Guardog for me

OmegaBlac · 02-21-2006, 09:51 PM

Firehol is missing again? And what about ettercap?

berkes · 02-24-2006, 02:23 AM

more on http://sourceforge.net/projects/daemonshield/. Great tool to stop the brute force SSH attacks.

alaskazimm · 02-24-2006, 10:54 AM

Shorewall on the desktop. Easy to config and modify. Just works.

I know these aren't strictly apps but I feel much better with a dedicated Smoothwall or IPCop machine running!

RedBoot · 02-25-2006, 12:43 PM

I had to do a search. Certainly Ethereal had to be in here somewhere.

Like the Crescent Wrench for debugging net issues. Handy for so many things, but in the wrong hands...

DaneM · 02-27-2006, 01:45 AM

Can we add Shorewall (Shoreline Firewall) to the list?

brockers · 02-28-2006, 09:37 AM

...click... ...click... ...click... Damn radio button!!!

Bobby

craigevil · 02-28-2006, 02:45 PM

rkhunter
Tripwire
nmap
Shorewall with webmin.
f-prot

enyawix · 02-28-2006, 10:22 PM

I must say IPCop is badly broken / sucks. Back orifice, trace route and many other things slip past. Port scans are never logged. I can not say enoff bad things about this firewall. Run firestarter or any other firewall behind IPCop to see just how bad it is.

Fireball7 · 02-28-2006, 11:08 PM

Which version of IPcop (i guess were, now, lol) running?

edit: Sorry to get off topic, ppl. Just curious.

enyawix · 03-01-2006, 12:03 AM

I was using 1.4.10. I just rolled my own firewall.
To get back on topic firestarter or snortsam must be the best of the year.