Open Source Security Guide
Open source security software is recognised as offering security professionals some of the industry's most useful tools.
This roundup offers links to some of SearchSecurity ANZ's most popular stories about open source security tools, so information about open source security tools is only a click away!
- NMAP, the free network mapper
- BackTrack: The gotta-have, free, network security tool you've never heard of
- Clam AV - the open source antivirus tool!
- The open source IDS Snort is a real favorite, so read on for our:
- Five part Snort tutorial
- Advice on how to use it on Red Hat Linux
- Guide to testing snort to make sure it is working
- Explanation of new features in version 2.8
- Look at Snort's handling of multi-platform syslogs
- Guide to configuring the Stream 5 preprocessor