Most of us would have thought of and used Firefox only as a browser. But, do you know it can well act as a Security application? That is all about FireCAT.
FireCAT is a Firefox Framework Map collection of the most useful security oriented extensions. It now has 60 extensions.
IPAudit is a free network monitoring program. IPAudit monitors network activity on a network by host, protocol and port.
Yes, I came across this website and have to say was quite stunned to see the number of resources from around the world from where you can traceroute to your IP address or Domains. This is a very valuable online resource as it should help or atleast aid you to troubleshoot your WAN network problems.
The website is http://www.traceroute.org/
Great Resource!!!
Shields Up! is a free online Internet Vulnerability Profiling tool on the http://www.grc.com/ website.
Ping (Packet Internet Grouper[groper] or Packet Inter-Network Groper) is a network utility used to check the IP connectivity between the host computer or device to a destination device. This can almost be said of as the starting point any network troubleshooting.
Nipper is an Opensource tool for network device congiguration and security audit. Nipper performs security audits of network device configuration files. The report produced by Nipper includes; detailed security-related issues with recommendations, a configuration report and various appendices. (more…)
Speed determination issues can result in no connectivity. However, issues with autonegotiation of duplex generally do not result in link establishment issues. Instead, autonegotiation issues mainly result in performance-related issues. The most common problems with NIC issues deal with speed and duplex configuration. (more…)