LibWhisker is a Perl library for vulnerability scanning and exploitation. It can create custom HTTP packets, which can be used to counteract intrusion detection systems.
LibWhisker is not a standalone tool, it is simply a library for HTTP packet creation.
Security
perl
HTTP
penetration-testing
License:GPL
anti-ids
LibWhisker
Nikto is a scanning tool for webserver vulnerabilities. It includes many attack vectors and is designed to test a webserver quickly and thoroughly for known vulnerabilities.
Being designed for speed, Nikto is visible to httpd admins via log traces, however it does include support for the anti intrusion detection system LibWhisker.
Security
httpd
penetration-testing
scanner
License:GPL
Nikto
Pentoo is a penetration testing LiveCD linux distribution based on Gentoo.
Pentoo features tools for auditing and testing an environment, from scanning and discovery to exploiting vulnerabilities.
Security
LiveCD
Linux-distribution
gentoo
penetration-testing
pentoo
dSniff is a suite of sniffing tools for penetration testing.
dSniff includes packet sniffing and traffic analysis tools. dSniff can do things like decode passwords being sent over a network and display them in plain text, intercept SSH sessions, and spy on web traffic.
It can also spy on AIM, and break some ethernet switches.
Security
linux
network
networking
packet-sniffer
penetration-testing
dsniff
License:BSD
Dug-Song