Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Top 10 free Network Tools

From sniffing to mapping to monitoring, these utilities perform surprisingly sophisticated tasks

Computerworld recently showcased 10 great free network management tools. Readers responded with some of their own favorites, so I'm going to take a look at those tools and report on their capabilities and usage from my perspective as an experienced network manager.

But first, let's address security. Readers mentioned the possible security implications of downloading free tools, which is a valid concern. What's to stop a coder from producing a neat network administration tool that secretly sends information about your network to a collection point for exploitation at a later date?

Read more here: ComputerWorld

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