Webserver Security (Part I) - Other Helpful Tools (
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Use the
gnome program Cheops (
http://www.marko.net/cheops) to produce a
graphical network plan with machine types and connections. The program can do
portscans, too, but is not as flexible and powerful as nmap.


Using
the network monitor Ethereal (
http://ethereal.zing.org/) to analyze
network traffic. Ethereal can follow TCP streams and is useful for dumping clear
text passwords as transmitted by telnet, ftp, pop3 and other
protocols.