network stress tool

does anyone have a recommendation for open source network stress tool, specifically on a cisco switch? tia -- gyoo [at] attbi [dot] com -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Justifying the spend on a vulnerability scanner

JM wrote: As the subject says, this is what I have got to do. But does anyone have any thoughts to share, on how I can successfully convince my management that the spend on a vulnerability scanner is worthwhile. Thanks in advance JM first thing i had done was get numerous (nessus, saint,

Re: Any good method to check network overload?

David Gillett wrote: I use MRTG for the boxes I have working/usable SNMP implementations on. It doesn't handle outages/crashes very well. it just treats the last successfully retrieved data volume as continuing until new data becomes available. There are some boxes I need to monitor, on

Re: Ethereal Log Analyzers

Craig Brauckmiller wrote: Hello all. I'm looking for a log analyzer for Ethereal. I downloaded the Win32 version of Ethereal and want to run some basic analysis on my network traffic. I have Google'd for some utils and tried SawMill but it doesn't seem to recognize the tcpdump log format

Re: [OCLUG] Policy Manual

Chris Berry wrote: Prior to my taking over here the previous admin had not bothered to write any policy. To try and increase professionalism and to get up to speed with HIPPA compliance I'm putting together a policy and proceedures manual. Here is a list of some of the documents I'm going to

Re: It's ok we're behind a firewall

Duane H. Hesser wrote: On 19-Feb-2003 John Brightwell wrote: Are there any sites out there with the facts and figures about internal exploits and cautionary tales about disgruntled employees or IT savvy nighttime cleaners? It's hard to find such information, since companies are reluctant to

Re: Secure NFS

Peet Grobler wrote: I've been wondering about this for a while now... Everybody knows NFS is insecure. Right. So no-one uses it. Why not simply modify NFS to use encryption? Why not? Not tunneling, modify the source to either (a) establish ssl connections, or (b) manually encrypt all traffic (I

Re: HIPAA certs

Chris Berry wrote: From: Jason Hastain [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a few clients who are doctors running small practices. They have small LAN's and DSL connectinos behind a simple NAT router/firewall in one case and persoanl FW's in the other (unfortunatly not my decision in either case). Each

Re: Setting up an IDS system

Naman Latif wrote: Hi, I am in the process of setting up and IDS system using Linux\Snort in DMZ. A couple of questions regarding this 1. Is it a safe practice to have access to this system from Inside Network (for retrieving log files etc) from 1-2 Stations ? Ofcourse IDS won't have access to

Re: Outlook and Win2K

Sakhartov, Eliot wrote: There appears to be some confusion ( I read my e-mail and got confused), let me clarify. Basically I have 21 people on 7 seperate machines, and at any one time any of the 21 people will need to gain access to their e-mail, with our without re-logging in. So I need to

Re: IDS Managed Service..Recommendation?

tony tony wrote: Hi, Anybody know of a good IDS Managed Service Organization that they could recommend to me? Our current security staff is just too small and overwelmed with other security projects to install/monitor/followup on IDS findings. We also lack the technical expertise to do this.

Re: tracking templates for System

encryptinator wrote: I am looking for a 'template' to track System outages so management can see VPN, network, and system uptime as well as problem tracking. If there is a problem that keeps happening all time, you can see a pattern develop. Any freeware/software ideas??? Thanks in advance.

Re: Associating Windows Processes to TCPIP Ports?

Richard H. Cotterell wrote: Ref: David Simcik [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s message dated 08 January 2003, 9:51 hours. Hiya, Anyone know of a tool that can map TCP/UDP ports to a specific process in Windows (NT/2000)? My apologies if this is a naive question. Do a *google* search for NPORT and

Re: Computer Forensics

David Andersson wrote: Greetings, We're experiencing an upsurge in computer forensics queries. Can anyone suggest any links to relevant information, certifications, etc.? Dave Andersson MCT, CIW Security Analyst, CCNA http://www.giac.org/subject_certs.php#GCFA -- gyoo [at] attbi [dot] com

Re: Snort IDS

You may want to search the list... there was alot of comparison done between N/H-IDS' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone!!!, I'm an EDP auditor and I want to know some commentaries about the use of Snort IDS...I'de like to know if anyone recommend it and if it's a good choice to install in