Security Tools (DBMS)

Nessus :Formerly open source vulnerability assessment tool
Nessus is a remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. It is plug-in-based, has a GTK interface, and performs over 1200 remote security checks. It allows for reports to be generated in HTML, XML, LaTeX, and ASCII text, and suggests solutions for security problems. It was open source for many years, but they turned proprietary in late 2005

TCPDump / WinDump :The classic sniffer for network monitoring and data acquisition
Tcpdump is a well-known and well-loved text-based network packet analyzer ("sniffer"). It can be used to print out the headers of packets on a network interface that matches a given expression. You can use this tool to track down network problems or to monitor network activities. There is a separate Windows port named WinDump. TCPDump is also the source of the Libpcap/WinPcap packet capture library, which is used by Nmap among many other utilities. Note that many users prefer the newer Ethereal sniffer.

GFI LANguard :A commercial network security scanner for Windows
LANguard scans networks and reports information such as service pack level of each machine, missing security patches, open shares, open ports, services/applications active on the computer, key registry entries, weak passwords, users and groups, and more. Scan results are outputted to an HTML report, which can be customized/queried. Apparently a limited free version is available for non-commercial/trial use.


OpenSSH / SSH :A secure way to access remote computers
Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into or executing commands on a remote machine. It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. It is intended as a replacement for rlogin, rsh and rcp, and can be used to provide rdist, and rsync with a secure communication channel. OpenSSH is affiliated with the OpenBSD project, though a portable version runs on most UNIX systems. Note that the SSH.Com link above costs money for some uses, while OpenSSH is always free. Windows users may want to try the free PuTTY SSH Client or the nice terminal-based port of OpenSSH that comes with Cygwin. There are dozens of other clients (free or prorietary) available for most platforms - here is a huge list.