After you have computer network security setup properly within your business or enterprise, probably you need to test and or monitor how secure the computer environment is. There are many Internet Security Tools available from different vendors you can try to use. Check the URL for each tool for ownership, copyright, or trademark considerations.
Performing security test is like assessing the security risks. All the risks found as the results from the usage of the internet security Tools should be addressed appropriately. Check also the article about the sample of risk assessment.
The following lists some of the Internet Security Tools you can try.
1. TCP/IP Wrapper Program
Category: UNIX Security
TCP/IP Wrapper Program is one of the Internet Security Tools to provide network-logging information about TCP/IP access. The wrapper program can also provide an administrator with the ability to deny or allow access from certain systems or domains.
URL: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security
2. ZoneAlarm Internet Security Tools
Category: Monitoring
Zone Alarm Internet Security Tools is used to protect your Internet-connected PC from hackers, crackers, and bears. ZoneAlarm includes several different services including firewall, application control, and an Internet lock.
3. Crack Internet Security Tools
Category: UNIX Password Cracking
Crack is a free program designed to identify UNIX passwords that can be found in available dictionaries.
URL: ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/crack
4. Argus Internet Security Tools
Category: Monitoring Tool
Argus is a network monitoring tool that implements a client-server model to capture data and associate it into “transactions.” Argus provides network-level auditing, and it can verify compliance to a router configuration file.
URL: ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/argus
5. BlackICE Defender Internet Security Tools
Category: Internet Monitoring
BlackICE Defender delivers intrusion detection and personal firewall protection to your Internet-connected computer. BlackICE can scan cable, DSL, and dial-up Internet connections.
URL: http://www.networkice.com/
6. ISS (Internet Security Scanner)
Category: Scanner
The ISS Internet Security Tool is a program that will interrogate all computers within a specified IP address range and determine the security status of each system in relation to several common system vulnerabilities.
URL: ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/iss
7. Internet Security Tools: Exchange Plus
Category: E-Mail Scanner
Exchange Plus scans for content and attachments. Automatic attachment compression can help save bandwidth.
URL: http://www.aspeonsoftware.com/
8. Tripwire Internet Security Tools
Category: Monitoring tool
Tripwire is a security utility that compares a designated set of files and directories to information stored in a previously generated information store. Any differences are flagged and logged, including added or deleted entries.
URL: ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/Tripwire
9. Internet Security Tools HostScan
Category: Monitoring Tool
HostScan allows you to scan any or all TCP/IP services running on a computer.
URL: http://www.savant-software.com/
10. Internet Security Tools Package 4-Net
Category: Monitoring Tool
4-Net is an Internet Security tools package. It allows you to indefinitely maintain your Internet connection by simulating Internet activity. Use 4-Net to monitor your Internet connection’s latency or your file download speeds.
URL: http://www.cartoonlogic.com/4net
11. Internet Security Tool: COPS
Category: Unix Security—Reporting Tool
Description: COPS is a publicly available collection of programs that attempts to identify security issues in a UNIX system.
URL: ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/cops
12. Internet Security Tools: Attacker 2.1
Category: Port Listener
Attacker 2.1 is a TCP/UDP port listener. The PC owner will provide a list of ports to listen on, and the program will notify them when a connection or data arrives at the port.
URL: http://members.home.com/rkeir/attacker.html
13. Internet Security Tools Name: Big Brother 1.3
Category: Network Testing
Big Brother 1.3 consists of local clients that test system conditions and the availability of network services and sends status reports to one or more DISPLAY servers, where these reports appear as little dots on a web page.
URL: http://bb4.com/features.html
14. Internet Security Tools SATAN
Category: Network Testing
SATAN is a testing and reporting tool that collects a variety of information about networked hosts.
URL: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security
15. Internet Security Tools NoBackDoors
Category: Monitoring Tool
NoBackDoors is an antihacker program that searches a computer and detects back door programs like NetBus and Back Orifice. This program can be set to run in the background and continually scan for “bad dudes.”
URL: http://home.swipnet.se/technotel
16. Webtrends for Firewalls and VPNs
Category: Network Reporting Tool
Internet Security Tools Webtrends for Firewalls and VPNs is a comprehensive security and network traffic reporting solution. It analyzes firewall and proxy-server log files and allows the user to generate customized graphs and detailed tables on bandwidth consumption and security issues.
URL: http://www.webtrends.com/products/firewall
17. PortWatch Internet Security Tools
Category: Port Monitor
Description: PortWatch is an application that watches a user-specified TCP port for a connection, data, and close events. When these events occur, the user is alerted and information about the event is logged.
URL: http://www.isd.net/jturgeon/portwatch
18. OstroSoft Internet Security Tools
Category: Network Monitoring Tool
OstroSoft Internet Security Tools is an integrated set of network (Internet) information utilities that is intended for use by network, domain and systems administrators, network security professionals, and Internet users.
URL: http://www.ostrosoft.com/ostronet.html
19. PrivacyMaker Internet Security Tools
Category: Utility
Description: This program makes computer activities private. It securely cleans, hides, or encrypts cookies, cache, history, files, and folders. It clears the document menu. It includes the antihacker feature of a desktop alarm.
URL: http://www.privacymaker.com/
20. The VirusMD Personal Firewall
Category: Personal Firewall
Description: The VirusMD Personal Firewall program will monitor up to 12 user-selected ports at a time, including some ports that most modern firewalls miss. It will sound an alarm Klaxon when an intruder is detected.
21. NetHound Internet Security Tools
Category: Monitoring Tool
Description: NetHound will notify an assigned person in case of server malfunction by sending alerts via pager, e-mail, and pop-up windows to any number of alert recipients.
URL: http://www.people-network.com/nethound.htm
There are still lots of Internet security tools you can test. Suggested readings:
- Responding to security incidents
- Slow internet connection
- Network security threats
- Network security essentials
- Network security standards
- Internet security system
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