gHacks technology news » network software http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Control Computer Hardware And Workstations In A Computer Network http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/04/control-computer-hardware-and-workstations-in-a-computer-network/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/04/control-computer-hardware-and-workstations-in-a-computer-network/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:07:28 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=15025 microsoft windowsAdminDeviceLan is a computer software program for the computer network that can be used to control computer hardware devices and workstations. The program comes with an admin and client interface that need to be installed on the computer systems. The admin interface obviously needs to be installed on the computer of the system administrator while the client interface needs to be installed on all computers of the computer network.

The admin can then control the computer systems that run the client software and are connected in the computer network. The admin can use the interface to get an overview of all client computers that are currently connected. Basic options include issuing a ping or tracert command. The major functions on the other hand become available after clicking on the Package Work button.

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This menu gives the administrator the option to enable or disable cd-rom drives, flash (read only) devices, floppy drives and flash drives. It is furthermore possible to restart a connected client computer or synchronize the time between computers. The client version of the software program uses less than three Megabytes of computer memory while running which is perfectly acceptable for a software of this kind.

Passwords can be added to the server version of the software to protect it from unauthorized access. AdminDeviceLan is definitely not the most sophisticated tool to control hardware devices in a computer network but it handles its tasks nicely.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/04/control-computer-hardware-and-workstations-in-a-computer-network/feed/ 2 Network Monitoring Software Open Monitor http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/28/network-monitoring-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/28/network-monitoring-software/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 14:14:01 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=13128 microsoft windowsOpen Monitor is an Open Source network monitoring software for the Windows operating system. It comes with the option to monitor multiple local and remote servers and notify the system administrator if services or programs are not accessible.

The main interface of the monitoring software is divided into a quick server check option at the bottom which can be used to check if services such as HTTP, FTP or POP are running on a IP or domain. The networking monitoring software will automatically display the results in the same interface. Probably more interesting than the quick check function is the option to add servers permanently to the monitoring tool.

The user needs to enter a server name which is used for identification and a server address which is usually an IP address. A list of services are preselected and will be checked unless unchecked by the user. Alerts can be enabled or disabled in the same interface as well. These do have to be configured separately and can inform the user by email, screen message, executing a program or playing a sound.

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There is also the possibility to add http url checks next to the default services that can be monitored by Open Monitor. This allows a user to specify an url, port, alerts and words that the page should include or exclude. This can be used for example to verify that a page is up by checking for a word on that page that is always appearing. Can also be used to run scripts that output a simple message in the end, e.g. a database check that is displaying ok if the database is up and running.

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Open Monitor is a straightforward, easy to use, network monitoring software that can monitor popular services. Alternative programs are the server monitoring software IT Service View, Newt, the website monitoring software SiteMonitor or the Microsoft Network Monitor.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/28/network-monitoring-software/feed/ 27 Internet Maniac Networking Software http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/18/internet-maniac-networking-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/18/internet-maniac-networking-software/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:56:06 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10621 Rarst reviewed an interesting networking software today on his excellent blog (you should check it out if you are interested in tech). Internet Maniac is a old school networking software that has not been updated in ten years. Old software does not necessarily have to be bad or outdated especially if it deals with elements that have not changed in the last ten years as well.

Internet Maniac combines a set of networking tools in its interface. The portable software provides access to functions like traceroutes, pings, host lookups, whois information, lookup IPs or domain names and more. Every option is directly accessible from the main interface.

A click on an option will usually display a second window that can be used to enter data, say a domain name for Whois. The same window will also display the results of the function directly in its window.

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The tool is completely portable and requires less than 5 Megabytes of computer memory. The homepage of the developer has been deleted a long time ago. You can download the latest available version of Internet Maniac right here at Ghacks (internet maniac).

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/02/18/internet-maniac-networking-software/feed/ 2 Network Security Analysis With Network Miner http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/27/network-security-analysis-with-network-miner/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/27/network-security-analysis-with-network-miner/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:05:45 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10174 Network Miner is a portable Open Source network security analysis tool that can monitor the traffic of a connected network adapter in the Windows operating system. It utilizes a build in passive network sniffer / packet capturing tool that can detect IPs, hostnames, operating systems, ports and various other information of every connection. The network security tool requires the – separate – installation of WinPcap to function properly and reliable.

The main purpose of Network Miner is data collection for future analysis (such as forensic evidence analysis) rather than collecting data regarding the traffic on the network. Information are grouped by host rather than by packets or frames although it is possible to switch the view modes easily in the software interface.

Network Miner can – among other things – extract files and certificates transferred over the network. This can be used to save media files that are streamed across the network.

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Another interesting ability is the extraction of user credentials – that is usernames and passwords for supported protocols which are then displayed in the credentials tab in Network Miner.

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