Tools

Tool Table

Name	Official Site	Description
ettercap	http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/	arp toolkit
tshark	http://www.wireshark.org/	sniffer
nmap	http://www.insecure.org/nmap/	port scanner
socat	http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/	swiss army network knife 2
bash	http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html	shell
nessus	http://www.nessus.org/	vulnerability assessment tool
unicornscan	http://www.unicornscan.org/	next-generation scanning utility
snort	http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html	intrusion detection system
hping3	http://www.hping.org/hping3.html	successor of hping2, a TCP/IP packet assembler
dsniff	http://naughty.monkey.org/~dugsong/dsniff/	toolsuite for network auditing
spike	http://www.immunitysec.com/resources-freesoftware.shtml	fuzzing framework - one of Immunitysec's free tools
john	http://www.openwall.com/john/	password cracker
kismet	http://www.kismetwireless.net/	stealth wireless sniffer
amap	http://www.thc.org/releases.php	application fingerprinting - one of THC's cool tools
honeyd	http://honeyd.org/	virtualization of TCP/IP-stack
nikto	http://www.cirt.net/code/nikto.shtml	webserver scanner
va-ctcs	http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs	hardware check tool linux