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How to configure Internet Explorer to automatically detect settings
If the Automatically detect settings check box is selected in Internet Explorer, the Windows Update client uses the WPAD feature to locate a proxy server. To view the Automatically detect settings check box, follow these steps: Start Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Click the Connections tab. If you connect to the Internet by using a proxy [...]
How to disable automatic proxy caching in Internet Explorer
If you disable automatic proxy caching, Internet Explorer performance may be affected. Modify the registry Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back [...]
How to configure Internet Explorer to use a proxy server
Internet Explorer 6.0 On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options, click theConnections tab, and then click LAN Settings. Under Proxy server, click to select the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box. In the Address box, type the IP address of the proxy server. In the Port box, type the port number that is used by the [...]
Libnet – A generic networking API that provides access to several protocols.
Libnet is a generic networking API that provides access to several protocols. It is not designed as a ‘all in one’ solution to networking. Currently many features that are common in some network protocols are not available with Libnet, such as streaming via TCP/IP. We feel that Libnet should not provide specific features that are [...]
PCRE – Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond to the POSIX regular expression API. The PCRE library is free, even for building proprietary software. [...]
Tcpdump – A powerful command-line packet analyzer
Tcpdump prints out a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. It can also be run with the -w flag, which causes it to save the packet data to a file for later analysis, and/or with the -r flag, which causes it to read from a saved packet file rather [...]
WinPcap – link-layer network access in Windows
WinPcap is the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments: it allows applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and has additional useful features, including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture. WinPcap consists of a driver, that extends the operating system to [...]
Netcat – A featured networking utility
Netcat is a featured networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable “back-end” tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it [...]
Wireshark – A network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows
Wireshark is the world’s foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions. Features Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes the following: Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time Live capture and offline analysis Standard three-pane [...]
Nessus – Premier UNIX vulnerability assessment tool
The Nessus vulnerability scanner is the world-leader in active scanners, featuring high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus scanners can be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs and across physically separate networks. Nessus supports the following types of security audits: credentialed and un-credentialed port [...]
DirSync Pro – Powerfull synchronization and backup utility
DirSync Pro (Directory Synchronize Pro) is a small, but powerful utility for file and folder synchronization. DirSync Pro can be used to synchronize the content of one or many folders recursively. Using DirSync Pro you can make incremental backups. In this way you’ll spare lots of time because you don’t have to copy all the files each [...]
DeltaCopy – An open source, fast incremental backup program
DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program. Let’s say you have to backup one file that is 500 MB every night. A normal file copy would copy the entire file even if a few bytes have changed. DeltaCopy, on the other hand, would only copy the part of file that has actually been [...]
Create Synchronicity – Open source backup and synchronization
Create Synchronicity is a powerful and lightweight open source backup and synchronization program, available in many languages. Create Synchronicity is a backup/synchronization tool that can help you protect your files, and keep your data up-to-date. You can use it for pretty much everything from copying your documents, pictures, music and videos to your USB Key or backup drive, to [...]
Comodo Backup – A free Online data backup software
Comodo Backup is free backup software for Microsoft Windows developed by Comodo. It allows files to be backed-up to local, network, virtual, FTP drive or online storage. Comodo Backup copies files to a safe place and keeps track of all changes to those files. Comodo Backup synchronizes the copies of backed-up files through a log [...]