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.

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