Appendix 1

Security Tools

A1.1 Tools

There are many tools that you can use to test and/or monitor your computing environment. The following is a small sample of what you can find available from many different vendors. Check the URL for each tool for ownership, copyright, or trademark considerations.

Tool Name: TCP/IP wrapper program

Category: Unix Security

Description: The TCP/IP wrapper program provides network-logging information about TCP/IP access. The wrapper program can also provide an administrator with the ability to deny or allow access from certain systems or domains.

URL: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security

Tool Name: ZoneAlarm

Category: Monitoring

Description: ZoneAlarm is used to protect your Internet-connected PC from hackers, ...

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