Alpine security
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Basics
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| alpine-base | Alpine base package | https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=alpine-base |
| alpine-mirrors | List of Official Alpine Linux Mirrors | https://mirrors.alpinelinux.org/ |
| kbd-bkeymaps | Binary keymaps for busybox | https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=kbd-bkeymaps |
| network-extras | Meta package to pull in vlan, bonding, bridge and wifi support | https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=network-extras |
| openssl | Toolkit for TLS | https://www.openssl.org/ |
| tzdata | Timezone data | https://www.iana.org/time-zones |
Code Analysis
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| py3-pylint | Analyzes Python code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality | https://pypi.org/project/pylint/ |
| flawfinder | Examines C/C++ source code for security flaws | https://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder/ |
| py3-pyflakes | A passive checker of Python programs | https://launchpad.net/pyflakes |
| strace | A useful diagnositic, instructional, and debugging tool | https://strace.io/ |
| valgrind | A tool for finding memory-management problems | https://valgrind.org/ |
Forensics / Data recovery tools
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| ddrescue | Data recovery tool for block devices with errors | https://www.gnu.org/s/ddrescue/ddrescue.html |
| testdisk | A powerful free data recovery software | https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk |
| scrub | Disk scrubbing program | https://code.google.com/archive/p/diskscrub/ |
| ncdu | A curses-based version of the well-known "du" | https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu |
| htop | An interactive process viewer for Linux | https://htop.dev/ |
| wipe | Tool for securely erasing files from magnetic media | https://wipe.sourceforge.net/ |
| jhead | An Exif jpeg header manipulation tool | https://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/ |
Reconnaissance
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| arpon | ARP handler inspection | https://arpon.sourceforge.io/ |
| dnsenum | A tool to enumerate DNS info about domains | https://github.com/fwaeytens/dnsenum |
| scanssh | Fast SSH server and open proxy scanner | https://monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/ |
| ngrep | Network layer grep tool | https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/ |
| scapy | Interactive packet manipulation tool and network scanner | https://scapy.net/ |
| socat | Bidirectional data relay between two data channels ('netcat++') | |
| tcpdump | A network traffic monitoring tool | https://www.tcpdump.org/ |
| tcpflow | A tool for monitoring, capturing and storing TCP connections flows | https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow |
| nmap | A network exploration tool and security/port scanner | https://nmap.org |
| arpwatch | An ethernet monitoring program | https://ee.lbl.gov/ |
| p0f | Passive traffic fingerprinting tool | https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f3/ |
| hping3 | A ping-like TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer |
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| sslscan | fast SSL/TLS configuration scanner | https://github.com/rbsec/sslscan |
| httpry | A packet sniffer designed for HTTP traffic | https://dumpsterventures.com/jason/httpry |
| bannergrab | A banner grabbing tool | https://sourceforge.net/projects/bannergrab |
| dnstop | A DNS traffic capture utility | |
| swaks | A transaction-oriented SMTP test tool | https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/ |
| mitmproxy | An interactive SSL-capable intercepting HTTP proxy | https://www.mitmproxy.org/ |
| hexinject | A very versatile packet injector and sniffer | https://hexinject.sourceforge.net/ |
| openvas-scanner | Vulnerability scanner and manager | https://www.openvas.org/ |
Application Testing
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| lynis | Security and system auditing tool | https://cisofy.com/lynis/ |
| nikto | A web application security scanner | https://www.cirt.net/Nikto2 |
| sqlmap | Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool | https://sqlmap.org/ |
| zaproxy | OWASP Zed Attack Proxy web app scanner | https://www.zaproxy.org/ |
Network statistics
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| iperf | Tool to measure IP bandwidth using UDP or TCP | https://github.com/esnet/iperf |
| iptraf-ng | A console-based network monitoring utility | https://fedorahosted.org/iptraf-ng/ |
| iftop | Command line tool that displays bandwidth usage on an interface | https://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/ |
| fping | A utility to ping multiple hosts at once | https://fping.sourceforge.net/ |
| mtr | Full screen ncurses traceroute tool | https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ |
| nfdump | The nfdump tools collect and process netflow data on the command line | https://github.com/phaag/nfdump |
| nethogs | Top-like monitor for network traffic | https://raboof.github.io/nethogs/ |
| iptstate | Top-like interface to netfilter connection-tracking table | https://www.phildev.net/iptstate/ |
Misc tools
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| bash-completion | Command-line tab-completion for bash | https://github.com/scop/bash-completion |
| clamav | An anti-virus toolkit for UNIX | https://www.clamav.net |
| 7zip | A command-line port of the 7zip compression utility | https://7-zip.org/ |
| nano | A simple ncurses text editor | https://www.nano-editor.org/ |
| rsync | A file transfer program to keep remote files in sync | https://rsync.samba.org/ |
| screen | A terminal multiplexer, used to multiplex several virtual consoles. Similar to "tmux" below | https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ |
| tmux | A terminal multiplexer, used to multiplex several virtual consoles. Similar to "screen" above | https://tmux.github.io/ |
| multitail | A tool to view one or multiple files | https://www.vanheusden.com/multitail |
| e2fsprogs | Standard Ext2/3/4 filesystem utilities | https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ |
| openssh | An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2 | https://www.openssh.com/ |
| partclone | Back up and restore used-blocks of a partition | https://partclone.org/ |
| sshguard | Log monitor that blocks with iptables on bad behaviour | https://www.sshguard.net/ |
| proxychains-ng | A tool that forces any TCP connection through proxies | https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng |
| knock | A simple port-knocking daemon | https://github.com/TDFKAOlli/knock |
| logcheck | A simple utility which is designed to allow a system administrator to view the logfiles | https://logcheck.org |
| mc | A visual file manager | https://midnight-commander.org/ |
| makepasswd | Generates (pseudo-)random passwords of a desired length | https://www.defora.org/os/project/117/makepasswd |
| lnav | A curses-based tool for viewing and analyzing log files | https://lnav.org |
| goaccess | A real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer | https://goaccess.io/ |
VoIP
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| sipp | A test tool / traffic generator for the SIP protocol | https://sipp.sourceforge.net/ |
| sipsak | SIP swiss army knife | https://github.com/nils-ohlmeier/sipsak |
Wireless
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| aircrack-ng | 802.11 (wireless) sniffer and WEP/WPA-PSK key cracker | https://www.aircrack-ng.org/ |
| kismet | A WLAN detector, sniffer, and IDS | https://www.kismetwireless.org/ |
| reaver-wps-fork-t6x | WPS Password Cracker | https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x |
| wavemon | Ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices | https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon |
Intrusion detection
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| nebula | An Intrusion Signature Generator | https://github.com/slackhq/nebula |
| snort | A network intrusion prevention and detection system | https://www.snort.org/ |