The
Free GOOD Software List -
Admin Tools
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*Warning*
Some programs may be considered
"Worms/Trojans" by anti-viruses. I assure
you they are safe however. Most of us true geek's don't
run AV - just FYI. If your not "savvy" don't
download and try to run some of these tools. Use at
your own risk.
If you don't see a program listed
here, it is probably not a good idea to download it.
However if you know of a good piece of software that's
not listed, please let me know so I can test it. If
it passes all the testing, it will be added.
I am always updating and testing
free software. I will not add something here unless
I approve of it. None of these
carry ANY - spyware, ad-ware , pop-ups. All "trial"
software includes FULL functionality. If your
software made it to this list, congratulations. We appreciate
your work.
If you know where to look - there is no reason to "buy"
software. Please donate to the makers of the software
if you use it.
Newly added *
Updated:
1.23.07
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Network
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Port
Scanning
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Superscan 4.0:
. Completely-rewritten update of
the highly popular Windows port scanning tool. Many
features.
Network
Scanner: Multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP
scanner with a modern interface and several advanced
features.
Spade114:
A great utility to: nslookup, whois, traceroute and
SMTP Verify (great for finding spammers). - online
version
NetworkView:
This little tool allows you to scan blocks of IP's.
Reports back with a map view. ~ This is one of my favorites.
NeoTrace:
Very slick app that shows you each hop with a GUI map
from point to point. Good trouble shooting app.
Netdemon:
Whois, Ping, and Traceroute, Finger etc. About 35 tools.
Very small and useful utility.
AngryIP:
A very fast IP scanner and port scanner. It can scan
IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports.
Fast.
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Network
monitoring / Testing
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Look@Lan:
Auto-detect of network configuration, monitoring, reporting,
trapping, statistics, graphs, tree view, os detection
- etc.
PingPlotter:
Pinpoint where the problems are in an intuitive graphical
way, and to continue monitoring your connection.
TheDude:
Scan all devices in subnets, draw a layout a map of
your network, monitor services of your devices and alert
you of problems.
Aports:
Shows all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer
and maps ports to the owning application - local and
remote destination.
TCPview:
Listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system,
including the local and remote addresses and state of
TCP connections.
Airsnare:
Alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network
and will also alert you to DHCP requests taking place.
XXpoof:
Test your server and connection by using a DoS
attack. With packet spoofing.
NetStumbler:
Tool for finding hotspots. Also will tell you the AP
vender, channel #, signal strength and keep a log as
you "drive around".
MiniStumbler:
Just like Netstumbler - only for the pocket
PC.
Linksys
log Viewer: Log analizer for the Linksys
routers. Great app to run and log network activity.
Spiceworks IT Desktop: Monitor the hardware and software of your network. Get reports and diagnostics. Very sweet analysis software. *
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Spoofing
/ Sniffing / Brute Force
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Etheral:
Capture network traffic and analyze to decipher.
Great for wifi and wired.
Klogger:
is a keystroke logger.
Ettercap:
ARP spoofing (poison).
WinARPspoofer:
Manipulate the ARP table of another computer on a LAN
by changing the ARP table of a router.
Brutus:
Access remote passwords by trying randomnly created
passwords or a password list. Can be customised to attack
different servers.
PacketFountain:
A very cool screensaver that uses winpcap to capture
network data - while displaying packets as a screensaver.
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HDD
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Password
Recovery
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DefaultPassword:
A full list of default password and user names for network
routers and devices.
NTpassword:
Forget your Windows login password? Just erase it with
this bootable CD (or FDD). Very simple and quick.
Snitch:
Turn those asterisks passwords into plan text - just
drag and drop. Must be used in Windows 95 / 98 / ME
/ NT 4.0.
Ophcrack:
Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off
using rainbow tables. Live SLAX CD available too. :)
Cain&Abel:
Password recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing,
cracking encrypted passwords using Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis.
John16:
Fast password cracker for those MD5's and encrypted
files.
IISS:
Microsoft Access database password cracker. Works for
Access 97 or Access 2000 files.
CuteFTP:
Recovers CuteFTP passwords and usernames.
WS_FTP:
Recovers WS_FTP passwords.
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Boot
Tools
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Bootdisk.com:
Good if you need a fresh DOS boot disk to Fdisk that
HDD.
SystemRescue:
This combines "Image drive/Ghost" and "Partition
Magic" and many other tools. Free.
Gparted:
Resize partitions, mirror disk images without a proprietary
package like Partition Magic. GUI, small ISO.
Ultimate
BootCD: A full CD of free bootable utilities.
A must have for any tech.
BartPE:
Build your own "live" Windows CD with moduals
(AV, scumware cleaners, etc.). Much like ERD Commander
(but free).
EmergencyBoot
Pro: Set of powerful utilites for backup,
restore, repair/fix, low-level administration.
Hiren's
BootCD: Many bootable utilities. ;)
Techie'z
ToolKit: The absolute best bootable disk.
No, it's not leagal and your on your own. Don't leave
home without it.
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Servers
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Server
ISO's
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| eBox:
Turn a PC into a dedicated router: Firewall,
Proxy, POP mail, Samba, Jabber, DHCP and many
more. This is what I sell and use.
Smoothwall:
The bost possible firewall one could
have. Very easy to setup and manage. Just need
a PC with 2 NIC's.
Asterisk:
Build an older PC and make it a phone PBX. Easy
to PBX sever that handles many protocals.
IPcop:
Much like the Smoothwall project. Very secure
and configurable firewall server.
Openfiler:
Powerful, intuitive browser-based network storage
software distribution. L:ike FreeNAS. Based
off rPath (Redhat). *
M0n0wall:
Based on BSD, this firewall is a beautiful GUI
and very secure. Combine this with a tiny PC
- you have a solid, small firewall box.
TinySofa:
A very small Debian server image. Very secure
and stable. Great for that old PII PC and two
NIC's.
Astaro:
Free for home use (with most features). Probably
one of the best servers you can get (next to
eBox). Must sign up for free distro.
FreeNAS:
Network-Attached Storage server, supporting:
CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, RSYNC protocols, user
authentication (AD). BSD.
KnoppMyth:
Turn an older PC into a dedicated media center.
This is a "Tivo" style server.
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Server
utilities
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RDPortX:
Small app I made to change the defualt 3389 port that
Remote Desktop ueses. Great for multiple RD servers
on the same network.
LinkChecker:
A great way to identify and repair boken links on a
webpage. Very slick - ran from webpage.
astGUIclient:
A suite designed to interact with the Asterisk PBX system
at a client level to extend the functionality of your
phone system.
TrixBox:
Enables a user to quickly set up a VOIP Asterisk PBX.
A web GUI makes configuration and operation easy.
XAMPP:
Apache, MySQL, PHP+ PEAR, MiniPerl, mod_ssl, Openssl,
PHPMyAdmin and many more server mods all-in-one.
YellowTip:
Apache2, PHP4, MySQL4, phpMyAdmin and Zend Optimizer
for Windows (2K,XP). Basically LAMP for Windows.
VMWare: The server and viewer are now free. Run any OS on .. any OS. The server source code is available as well.
VirtualPC: Run virtually any OS on Windows. Great for trouble shooting software/hardware.
ASS
Maker: A utility to make the java script
to hide your e-mail from bots on your webpage.
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Firmware
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Linksys
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WRT54G:
HyperWRT is a great firmware. Be sure to have a version
1-4 WRT. (will not work in v.5) Boost that signal.
WRT54GL:
Hyperwrt+Thibor is great to boost the signal 2 to 3
times from default. I use it all the time. (we sale
GL's with this firmware).
WAP54G:
Boost your WAP signal 2 to 3x from defualt. Must have
a WAP54G : V1, V1.1, V2.
Unbrick:
How to unbrick your WRT's.
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Fixing
Utils
| XPKeyfinder:
A little tool to show you your XP key.
WinSockFix:
After cleaning scumware - your TCP stack can
be damaged not letting you online (I have seed
NOD32 break this as well).
AutorunFix:
When Windows forgets what to do with auto-run.
UnbrandIE:
Remove the crap AOL and other ISP's branding
from IE.
Norton
Un-installer: Un-install Norton garbage
when it won't let you.
Owner
of XP: Change the ownership of XP
install.
WPAclient:
Add WPA functionality to older setups that can
only use WEP.
Filemon:
Monitors and displays file system activity on
a system in real-time.
ProceXP:
Shows which program has a particular file or
directory open. Memory leaks and spyware finding.
TCPtweak:
This utility will allow Windows to be able to
use a 3MB+ connection. If you pay for a 5-6MB
connection - you have to do this.
EvlD:
Make Windows XP hold more (50-100) concurrent
TCP connections. XP Pro default is 10, XP Home
is 5. That just stinks. *
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