Profiles Highighlighting Key Features of Security Tools

Profile: Hide Folders 2009. Hide Folders 2009 provides expanded protection for files and folders in Windows

A brief profile of the freeware AnalogX Packetmon protocol analyzer (packet sniffer)

Profile of Analyzer, a free public domain protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for Windows platforms.

A brief profile of the FPort port scanning utility available for free from Foundstone, a division of McAfee

A profile of Foundstone's free Vision utility, a host-based computer forensics tool for the Windows platform.

A profile of IP Sniffer, a free protocol analyzer or packet sniffer by Erwan's Lab

A profile of NetStumbler, a beggarware software utility to locate and identify wireless access points

A profile and overview of the free Network Probe network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) program.

Nmap is a powerful open source utility. It is a port scanner, security audit tool and, as the name implies, network mapper. It is very versatile and is a tool that network and security administrators should be familiar with.

A profile of the small, fast protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) Plastic Sniffer.

A short profile of the Sniphere protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) program.

A brief overview of the freeware protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) SnoopAnalyzer Standard.

While there are slicker and more expensive backdoor or Trojan programs that can be used to monitor and control remote systems, Sub7, a.k.a. Backdoor-G, remains one of the most powerful and widely used. This profile offers a look at some of the functionality built into this tool.

A profile of Wireshark, a fork of Ethereal, maintained and developed by the creator and core development team from Ethereal. The profile provides a brief overview of the features and functions of the application.