Vote for your favorite applications!

This is a neat idea I had for everyone today so I'm going to run with it. I've decided to have a contest similar to the insecure.org top security tools list.



So here is what you do:

Reply to this thread with what platforms you use, and a top 10 or so list of tools you use in the following categories:


Security


Networking


Misc


If you can't name a full 10 for each don't worry. The top security tools should actually be related to security in some way. For example Nmap and Firewalls you may use.

The Networking tools should be actual network tools, like IP Sorcery, Hping, Ethereal, and iptraf.

Misc is for apps you use every day that you can't live without. Like XMMS, Mutt, PowerPoint, Vim, Emacs and so on, and don't have much to do with security or networking so to speak.

I'll leave this open for everyone for a while so everyone has a chance to reply with their picks, and then I'll go over each reply and each tool and make a list of the top 10 or so, and if this gets really big with a lot of replys, then well, I'll make it a top 30 or so.

Then you all can vote on the tools listed you like the best and the "winner" can... Have some APs from me or something.

If you use more than one OS, make sure to make two lists if the apps aren't cross platform.


At the very end I'll do a write up of the tools listed and submit it to Jupiter for examination and maybe publishing if they like it.


So Have fun,

gore.

Platform: Slackware
Most used program: bash

Platform: RedHat 9
Misc
Firefox
Thunderbird
bash
ssh
webmin
tomcat
apache
Mysql
java
vim

Security
Syslog-ng
php-syslog-ng
logwatcher
logmuncher
newlogcheck
Nmap
hping
webscarab

Networking
Ethereal
tcpdump
tethereal
ngrep
chaosreader
tcpdstat
ntop

Good job so far. GA, anything other than Bash? Any special tools?

SuSE
Debian

Ethereal
Nmap
tcpdump
Firefox

Quote:

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Good job so far. GA, anything other than Bash? Any special tools?

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You mean things more important than bash?

end Joke;

But seriously, this will most likely turn into a "show off" thread versus a practicality thread. Limiting yourself to singular programs will never be as effective as using the tool that does the job best. Even if that means repeating use of a singular tool it will only lead to a false sense of security and understanding by other users you recommend it to. I could recommend and paste my entire program list that I use continually, but in the end...

I say use what you are comfortable with, what makes sense to you, and what accomplishes the job in the aspect that is most important to you(easy,secure,gui,commandline,etc)

I can respect. I guess I kind of took Bash for granted in this heh.


EDIT:

Want to point out that even though I made this thread sticky, it's not permanent as of yet so if you're annoyed at another sticky don't worry I'll remove that once this is over unless someone wants it to stay.

Hey Hey,

Since I spent the last week setting up my Windows XP Machine at work and now I just did a Debian setup here.. I can tell this very easily.


Windows

Security
NeWT
nmap Port
hping2 port
ethereal
ettercap port
Cain & Abel
GPG
The Malcode Analyst Pack
Engage Packet Builder
Eagle X

Networking
(Most of the above could also go here, but this list is varied)
PuTTY
WinSCP
fport
genControl
Remote Desktop/VNC
Bit Torrent
FireFox
Google Talk
PHPDev
whois/ping/traceroute/nslookup

Misc
Kiwi Syslogd
Textpad
coLinux
Python
Visual Studio Express Packages
VBS (If this can count)
Services for Unix
Virtual PC/VMWare
Perl
PSTools
CD Burner XP (Free Burning Software)

Linux

Security
Nessus
nmap
hping2 (hping3)
rain
ippacket
ethereal
ettercap
nemesis
snort
ippl

Networking
Firefox
VNC
Evolution
Apache w/ php
kopete
ping/whois/traceroute/nslookup
SSH
Apt
Emerge
YOU

Misc
XBill
kTron
kBounce
ArmageTron
FreeCiv
Vi
TuxRacer
Yast
fortune
K3B


Peace,
HT

Awesome HT!

I should get in on this too:

For Unix Linux and BSD:


Nmap

IP Sorcery

Hping

IPTables

SUSE2Firewall



Networking:

Iptraf

Ethereal and Tethereal

tcpdump

SSH

Apache

PureFTPd

Mutt

Gaim

Irssi

Firefox


Misc:

XMMS

Xine

YAST

K3b

Grip

Perl

Bash

pkgtool

pkg_*









Windows:



cmd.exe

edit

aim

EZ-Trust

net send

netstat

PuTTy

Ad-Aware

Spyware tools of all sort really should be here. windows is the platform they attack as of now.

For firewalls, I know i should put something but I really don't know what. I don't like Windows Firewalls. I have a router and 4 Linux boxes for this.

Regedit

msconfig

defrag

chkdsk

Annoucement:

JupiterMedia has decided to very nicely, donate a few prizes for this. So when this is all over I'm going to pick two people who I feel added a lot to this, and they will get some freebies from the AO store. So come on and vote and add your picks!

Windows

Security
Websense
nmap


Networking
Cisco Tftp
syslog
DameWare
www.dnsstuff.com

Misc
ethereal
Textpad
Visual C++ ,C#
Cygwin

Quote:

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Originally posted here by dinowuff
Cisco Tftp

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Really? I always found their version to be buggy as hell and rather crappy.... When it comes to TFTP I'm a big fan of Solar Winds...

Peace,
HT

Really?? Of course I'm not on a huge enterprise. Never had any real issues, once I get the initial install working.

Still I'll check out Solar Winds

thanks

Platform: Ubuntu 5.10

Security

ClamAV
Nmap
Nessus
Bastille

Networking

Ethereal
hping
ngrep
arpspoof
EtherApe
gFTP
Kismet
Samba
BitTorrent
LimeWire

Misc

Firefox
Rhythmbox
Serpentine
Thunderbird
dvd::rip
Totem
Kino
F-Spot
SuperTux (a classic!)
bash

But, then again, I could add thousands more to the misc list... ;)

If you're not saying Snort.. ur crazy.

;)

Snort is by far the best security program there is, free.

Platform: GNU/Linux

Security
- nmap
- iptables
- Nessus
- john

Networking
- Firefox
- X-Chat
- GAIM
- BitTorrent
- gFTP
- KTorrent
- Gtk-Gnutella
- YOU / apt-get / emerge (depending on distro)

Misc
- bash
- GEdit
- Xorg ;)
- perl
- gcc
- GNOME
- xmms

I'm sure I forgot something, but I use all of those quite frequently. Also, sorry to bump such an old topic, but it's stickied, so I figured it'd be ok. :P

Yes it is OK. I was planning on doign this a while ago and doing the tally but for some reason I couldn't reply...

Platform: Linux

Security
Iptables
rootkit humter


Networking
netstat

Misc
Bash
Amarok
Konqueror (as file manager)
K3B
SuperTux
Yum
whereis

Security:

nmap
ethereal
tcpdump
nod32

Misc:

Firefox
dd
grep
bash
gcc/mingw
cvs/cvsnt
winrar

Cheers,
cgkanchi

Nod32??? Haven't heard of that one. Going to have to check that out here.


EDIT:

Ahhh, AV. OK.

Anyway I'm goign to make an update here:

I'm going to let this run for another month or two because when I planned on shuttnig it down the reply wouldn't allow me to post and now it seems to be working, so I'm going to give everyone else who wasn't in this a chance to post their own progs and apps for at least another month, and then try this out again, but as I said for some reason I got errors when I went to tally and close it so I'm going to let everyone have another shot if they want to add anythign to this.

-gore. Recently promoted to global / super mod :) (Thansk to everyone who voted on that too!)

:)

Right on, here we go.

Operating system: Windows XP

Network:
nbtstat
netstat
FastCache for DNS optimization.
PacketMon for packet sniffing.
HyperTrace for a better traceroute.

Security:
** Some of these I don't use anymore, but did for a long time
Port Mapper for when I didn't have a router and wanted to map ports that were abused to non-existent machines.
Port Blocker for use in conjunction with the above for blocking other ports.
Outpost Pro for my firewall before I knew how to configure the hell outta my router.

Misc:
Firefox - no brainer
Opera - no brainer
Cacheman Pro for memory optimization
Trillian Pro for my instant messaging
Atomic Time Sync for my atomic timekeeping
PerfectDisk for my disk defragmentation
AdAware - no brainer
Registry Cleaner to keep my registry clean of all invalid entries
Secure CRT and Secure FX for my ssh and secure ftp needs

Man some of these names I haven't heard in a long while. Heh, I should go over some ZIP Drives I have here with tools on them and list them just to see if anyone remembers them. They are from back in the day but they were fun :)

And Thanks for your vote Vorlin.