Misc. Network Security Tools

FEATURED: Security Explorer Listing updated: January 23, 2008

The Security Explorer platform provides real-time interactive management of access controls and security on Microsoft servers and workstations. Security Explorer gives the IT professional the power to manage, search, duplicate, backup and recover permissions and security across the network from a single centralized console.

Security Explorer overcomes the difficulties encountered when using native tools to manage security. Backup, restore, search, grant, revoke, clone and export functions take management of permissions to new levels. Tasks that were previously either impossible or extremely difficult are now as simple as Point, Click, Done!
  • Users' Rating: 4 [1 vote] - Vote
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Access Boss Listing updated: May 2, 2005

Access Boss is a tool for a system security administrator that enables you to effectively restrict access to a PC for certain users based on time factor. All you have to do is install Access Boss under an Administrator account, run the program and choose which users' access time should be restricted. To do so, you simply mark the required hour(s) of any day of the week as either "allow" or "deny". You may also specify how long a user can access the computer on a per day basis. Once you apply the changes user access restrictions will take effect. When the user's time is up, Access Boss will log the user off automatically. Access Boss features a set of security options, including password protected program access, remote computer administering, registry data protection, system time changing limitations and more.
  • Users' Rating: 3 [2 votes] - Vote
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Account Lockout Examiner for Powershell Listing updated: September 28, 2007

Account Lockout Examiner for PowerShell is a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets that lets administrators automate the detection and resolution of account lockouts. Administrators can now identify account lockouts, examine the most likely causes for account lockouts, and unlock accounts directly from scripts developed using the product. The product provides a very simple set of cmdlets in order to simplify the basic aspects of account lockout troubleshooting by leveraging Windows PowerShell (TM).
  • Users' Rating: 4.6 [10 votes] - Vote
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Acronis Drive Cleanser Listing updated: August 2, 2005

Getting rid of an old PC, upgrading to a new hard drive, returning a leased computer, or redeploying a PC within your company? It is truly imperative to completely destroy all data from the old hard disk. Acronis Drive Cleanser guarantees the destruction of data on selected partitions and/or entire disks.

Key features: Deletes all the data and partitions on a hard disk; Allows to format the disk drive, partition it, and/or delete selected partitions along with the disk wiping process; Full review of the results of hard disk wiping through built-in DiskViewer utility; Windows XP-like wizard-driven interface
  • Users' Rating: 3 [4 votes] - Vote
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AdRem sfConsole Listing updated: April 30, 2004

Web-enabled, protocol-independent solution for remote and local access to the NetWare console protected with encryption and eDirectory authentication. Remote access the console is possible via the web, firewall, Linux machines, NetWare Remote Manager, ConsoleOne and NWAdmin. Users can restrict access to individual screens and commands, open multiple server and program screens simultaneously from a single console, as well as connect to the server and transfer files even when eDirectory is inaccessible. Unlike Novell RConsole, sfConsole does not overload Windows and supports all NetWare versions.
  • Users' Rating: 4.2 [5 votes] - Vote
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Advanced EFS Data Recovery Listing updated: March 4, 2004

This program is used to recover (decrypt) files encrypted on NTFS (EFS) partitions created in Windows 2000/XP. Files can even be decrypted in a case where the system is not bootable and you are unable to log on, and/or some encryption keys (private or master) have been tampered with. Decryption is also possible when Windows is protected using SYSKEY. AEFSDR can decrypt the files protected under Windows XP and all versions of Windows 2000.
  • Users' Rating: 4.56 [25 votes] - Vote
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Anti-Cracker Shield Listing updated: September 19, 2004

Protect your server (Apache, IIS, e.t.c.) from Internet worms and hackers' attacks, which become possible due to the operational system and software vulnerabilities ("exploits").
  • Users' Rating: 3.22 [9 votes] - Vote
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AppDetective Listing updated: September 9, 2002

AppDetective is a network-based, penetration testing/vulnerability assessment scanner that locates and assesses the security strength of database applications within your network. Armed with a security methodology together with an extensive knowledgebase of vulnerabilities, AppDetective will locate, examine, report, and help fix your security holes and misconfigurations at your command.
  • Users' Rating: 4.15 [46 votes] - Vote
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ASIS Listing updated: March 19, 2004

ASIS is a tool for analyzing, debugging, maintaining and monitoring local networks and Internet connections. It captures the data passing through your dial-up connection or network Ethernet card, analyzes the data and represents it in a readable form. It also lets you defragment and assemble network packets into flows. ASIS decodes all the major protocols such as ARP, IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, as well as top-level protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, FTP, TELNET and others.

ASIS also contains a special packet builder, through which you can build your own network packets and send them onto the network. This can be used, for example, to check your network for robustness against attacks and intruders.
  • Users' Rating: 2.33 [3 votes] - Vote
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BufferShield Listing updated: December 24, 2003

BufferShield is security software, capable of detecting and preventing attempts to execute code on the stack and the heap memory area, in order to stop the exploitation of buffer overflows. It is a very useful addition to Windows Update, minimizing the risk of unresolved security exploits, caused by buffer overflows. Upon detection of a buffer overflow it creates an entry within the event log and optionally terminates the application in question, preventing the execution of potentially malicious code. Buffer overflows are commonly used by hackers or viruses to introduce malicious code into attacked systems.
  • Users' Rating: 4.4 [89 votes] - Vote
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