Security tools

Question 1

Nmap

Answer 1

A port mapper.

Probes devices for:
Host discovery (network discovery)
Port scanning
Service Version Detection
OS fingerprinting
(Scripting and automation)

Question 2

Wireshark

Answer 2

An open source protocol analyzer (or sniffer).

Only listen to what is in your link

Will tell you:
Which applications are running
Data from non-encrypted channels
OS of the target system (different OS send diff packets)

Question 3

Ettercap

Answer 3

Ettercap is a comprehensive suite for man-in-the-middle attacks. It features sniffing of live connections, content filtering on the fly and includes many features for network and host analysis.

Man-in-the-middle attacks
DNS spoofing
Credentials capture
DoS attack

Question 4

Burp Suite

Answer 4

Burp Suite is a proxy program that enables us to track, examine, and alter requests made by our browsers before they are forwarded to a distant server.

Question 5

John the Ripper

Answer 5

Is a password sniffer/cracker (in unix).

Modes of operation
1. Wordlist
Test passphrases provided by
a wordlist
Mind the password length
2. Single crack
User information is added
A large set of mangling rules
3. Incremental
The brute-force option
(Tries every possible option)
4. External