Secure your network with these essential tools designed to protect against threats and vulnerabilities. Here's a quick guide to popular categories:

🔒 Firewall Tools

  • iptables (Linux-based firewall)
    iptables
  • Windows Firewall
    windows_firewall
  • pfSense (open-source firewall OS)
    pfSense

For deeper insights into firewall configurations, visit our guide: /en/tools/firewall

🛡️ Intrusion Detection Systems

  • Snort (real-time traffic analysis)
    snort
  • Suricata (high-performance IDS)
    suricata
  • OSSEC (log monitoring & analysis)
    ossec

Explore advanced IDS techniques here: /en/tools/intrusion_detection

🧠 Vulnerability Scanning Tools

  • Nmap (network discovery & security auditing)
    nmap
  • OpenVAS (comprehensive vulnerability scanner)
    openvas
  • Metasploit (exploitation and penetration testing)
    metasploit

Learn more about vulnerability assessment: /en/tools/vulnerability_scanning

🛑 Other Security Utilities

  • tcpdump (network traffic capture)
    tcpdump
  • Logstash (log data processing)
    logstash
  • Vault (secret management)
    vault

For a complete list of security tools, check: /en/tools/network_security_tools_list