Thursday, April 15, 2010

Best of Linux Network Tools via (apt-get install)

I collected a list of some of the best Linux networking tools that you can easily install via apt-get. I will be updating the list with time. So you can always check by for more. Hope it helps.

1. ngrep - grep for network traffic
install: sudo apt-get install ngrep


2. Tcptrace - Tool for analyzing tcpdump output
install:
sudo apt-get install tcptrace


3. Netdude - NETwork DUmp data Displayer and Editor for tcpdump trace files
install:
sudo apt-get install netdude


4. Dsniff - Various tools to sniff network traffic for cleartext insecurities
install:
sudo apt-get install dsniff


5. Hping3 - Active Network Smashing Tool
install:
sudo apt-get install hping3


6. Snort - Flexible Network Intrusion Detection System
install:
sudo apt-get install snort


7. Tcpdump - A powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition
install:
sudo apt-get install tcpdump

5 comments:

  1. hmm. wireshark and nmap are more comprehensive and versatile for us, noobs )

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  2. Not if you keep up with good practice and patience.

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  3. Please can you give me some idea where do i start learning linux also i want to get command library.

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  4. TUTORIAL: http://tips-linux.net/en/content/linux-tutorial

    COMMANDS DICTIONARY: http://commands.tips-linux.net/

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  5. Hey Daniel, thanks for the help. I hope Ronjersan found it helpful.

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