Netward 0.9 Cut

Posted by jayrfink on Nov 1, 2008 12:58 PM EDT
Systhread.net; By Jason (Jay) R. Fink
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The pre-release of netward - a simple packet watcher - has been released. Netward monitors for repeated scans that might be break in scans. Not a drop in replacement for a full blown Intrusion Detection System (IDS) netward compliments such systems or acts as a great tool for watching scans on a host. Additionally netward is good for low priority systems (or internal) where the threat level is neglible. Last and not least the true purpose is to expose leveraging libpcap and how it cane be used to save your network.

The pre-release of netward - a simple packet watcher - has been released. Netward monitors for repeated scans that might be break in scans. Not a drop in replacement for a full blown Intrusion Detection System (IDS) netward compliments such systems or acts as a great tool for watching scans on a host. Additionally netward is good for low priority systems (or internal) where the threat level is neglible. Last and not least the true purpose is to expose leveraging libpcap and how it cane be used to save your network.

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