Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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Below is the 10th favorite hacker toolsthat gets the most votes throughout the year 2006. Tool is a weapon thatis considered absolutely necessary in hacking and security activities.
1. Nessus
“Nessus” was first made by Renaud Deraison in 1998 and deployed to theInternet community a free, useful, including a well updated and easy touse. Nessus is a program to find a weakness in a computersystem. According to the official website at www.nessus.org, this toolhas been used by more than 75,000 organizations and companies around the world.
2. Snort
Snort is an IDS, which is a tool to prevent and detect attacks oncomputer systems. Vendors from Snort claim that this tool has beendownloaded millions of times from their site.
3. Kismet
Kismet is a tool to detect wireless connection (traffic supports802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g), capture packets in a network system andbecome an IDS (intrusion detection system). To find out more aboutkismet, you can visit the site http://www.kismetwireless.net or go toirc.freenode.net # kismet.
4. Metasploit Framework
Metasploit Framework is an open source project for developing, testingand using exploit code.Created with Perl language as the foundation andconsists of basic and supplementary components that have been compiledwith the C language, assembler, and Python. Metasploit Framework canrun on UNIX operating systems, Linux and Windows. A more detaileddescription can you find in http://www.metasploit.com.
5. Netcat
Netcat is a networking tool utility that can read and write data on anetwork connection via TCP / IP protocol. Features found on Netcatinclude:
- Outgoing and incoming connections via UDP or TCP protocol to port
- Tunneling mode,tunneling from UDP to TCP, to map the network parameters (source port /interface, listening port / interface, and allows remote hosts toconnect to the tunnel)
- Port scanners, to detect an open port.
- Buffered send-mode and hexdump RFC854 telnet.
6. Hping
Hping is a versatile tool. This toolcan be used to test the ability of a firewall, look for open ports,network security testing using various protocols, operating systeminformation, evaluates the TCP / IP.
7. TCP Dump
Tcpdump is also a sniffer. Network administrators use this tool tomonitor traffic and analyze the problem if an interruptionoccurs. According to information in http://www.iepm.slac.stanford.edu/monitoring/passive/tcpdump.html,tcpdump uses the packet filter from BSD UNIX to capture data (BPF / BSDPacket Filter). BPF received a copy of the drivertcpdump paket. Penggunasender and receiver can also filter packets in accordance with thedesire.
8. John the Ripper
A password cracker from hackers era ancestor who was a top 10 favoritetools. Here is a description of the author John The Ripper. ”John theRipper is a password cracker, currently available for UNIX, DOS,WinNT/Win95. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Ithas been tested with x86/Alpha/SPARC Linux, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86,Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, and IRIX. “
A password cracker from hackers era ancestor who was a top 10 favoritetools. Here is a description of the author John The Ripper. ”John theRipper is a password cracker, currently available for UNIX, DOS,WinNT/Win95. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Ithas been tested with x86/Alpha/SPARC Linux, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86,Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, and IRIX. “
9. Cain and Abel
Cain & Abel is a tool for password problems. This tool can collectpasswords by sniffing the network method, cracking passwords usingDictionary attacks, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recordingVoIP conversations (Voice Over Internet Protocol), cracking a wirelessnetwork, analyze traffic in the network. www.oxid.it
10. Wireshark / Ethereal
Wireshark / Ethereal is a tool to analyze network protocols. Alsofunctions as a sniffer. Monitor Internet traffic. Wireshark can run onWindows, MAC OS X, and Linux. www.wireshark.org
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Wireshark / Ethereal is a tool to analyze network protocols. Alsofunctions as a sniffer. Monitor Internet traffic. Wireshark can run onWindows, MAC OS X, and Linux. www.wireshark.org
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4 comments:
Can u provide me more information on "NMap"...
"inspiredhacker@gmail.com"
hello "inspired hacker", try 'Googling'...
visit on 'nmap.org' for full information
Thanks for your post and information ((o;
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