Platform:	Linux	File type:	.tar.bz2
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Developer:	Giovanni Giacobbi	License:	GNU GPL
Category:	Networking	Downloads:	15924

Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol.

It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.

Shorewall is an iptables based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function masquerade gateway/server or on a standalone Linux system.

The netfilter/iptables project is the Linux 2.4.x / 2.5.x firewalling subsystem.

Dropbear is an SSH 2 server, designed to be usable in small memory environments.

GnuPG stands for GNU Privacy Guard and is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.

Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks.