oh yeah, if you arent opposed to using unix stuff, linux/unix/BSD has EASILY 1000% better network admin software. That kind of software is built into the OS itself and is made by and for people who are interested in looking at detailed info on their networks. There are certain things you can do in these other operationg systems that windows doesnt even have the ability to do.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Limburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:01 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: OFF TOPIC - Networking - Sniffing > I'll check it out.. hadn't thought much about using Unix based for this. > > Thank You > Jim Limburg > > Matt Russell wrote: > > I have had success with nessus as a port scanner to see what all is open from the outside. One catch, this runs best on a linux box...don't know how you feel about that - the upside to the catch is that the software has no purchase price :) > > > > Matt > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Limburg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:38 AM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - OFF TOPIC - Networking - Sniffing > > > > > > G-Day all > > > > For those who play dual roles with programming and networking, those > > who can ask network personel, or those who just know... > > > > Can anybody reccomend a good software package to monitor - sniff > > network packets that does logging, and of course as many other > > features for the least cost. We are about to be opening up our > > companies through VPNS, and maybe other methods somewhere down the > > road and really need to look more into the security learning curve. > > > > Any good advice also weclome > > Jim Limburg > > > > >
