Web Directory

» GNU Privacy Guard
   OpenPGP (RFC2440) implementation from the GNU project. Encrypts/decrypts/signs/digests files using strong cryptography. FAQ, downloads, documentation.
   http://www.gnupg.org/

» LBNL's Network Research Group
   Tools such as tcpdump and traceroute.
   http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/nrg.html

» NMAP Network Scanner
   Efficient stealth port scanner. Downloads, e-mail lists, news.
   http://www.nmap.org/

» North American Cryptography Archives
   Strong cryptographic software, libraries, and information about cryptography, data security, and privacy.
   http://cryptography.org

» OpenSSH - Portable Distribution
   Open source implementation of SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. Ported from OpenBSD by the OpenSSH portability team.
   http://www.openssh.org/portable.html

» OpenSSL
   The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols with full-strength cryptography world-wide.
   http://www.openssl.org

» Pidentd
   Daemon implementing IDENT protocol, it can be used to identify the user who initiated a TCP/IP connection
   ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/ident/servers/

» Postfix Mail Transfer Agent
   Drop-in Sendmail replacement by Wietse Venema. Offers several features that make it difficult to crack.
   http://www.postfix.org/

» SAINT
   (Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool) Scans systems and networks and reports potential vulnerabilities.
   http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/

» Sudo
   Run selected commands as root, with the users' own password. Allows the administrator to grant limited root privileges to a subset of users, without giving out the root password.
   http://www.sudo.ws/

» Symark Software
   Execute root-level commands and shell scripts without having to actually login as root. Control which users can log in and under which circumstances.
   http://www.symark.com/products.htm

» The Coroner's Toolkit (TCT)
   The Coroner's Toolkit (TCT) provides post-break-in data collection that could be useful in determining what happened. Less polished that the authors (Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema) usual work, the toolkit offers a patch-work of tools that help exhume inter
   http://www.porcupine.org/forensics/tct.html

» The SUS Home Page
   SUS is a utility to allow a user (typically a system administrator) to run a single command as the super user.
   http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/

» Tripwire Inc.
   Commercial version of the original Unix file integrity scanner. Calculates and stores signatures of file permissions, ownership and contents. Scans the same files later, detecting changes.
   http://www.tripwire.com/

» Tripwire Open Source
   Open source version of the original Unix file integrity scanner. Calculates and stores signatures of file permissions, ownership and contents. Scans the same files later, detecting changes. This open source version is targeted at Linux systems.
   http://www.tripwire.org

» lsof
   lsof is a tool for examining I/O channels open on your Unix system. These can include files, FIFOs and network sockets. This information can be extremely useful for security and a variety of other purposes. Works on most Unix-like systems.
   http://freshmeat.net/projects/lsof

» sudoscript
   A pair of Perl scripts that provide an audited root shell using sudo and script(1). Tarballs, RPM's and individual components.
   http://www.egbok.com/sudoscript