Archive for the 'Monitoring' Category

Avoid Detection with nmap Port Scan Decoys

You can test your IDS or IPS devices to monitor your scan traffic. Use this feature to avoid detection with nmap. You may not want to get caught performing a network scan. For example, using following technique you can test your own IDS / IPS / network security from remote location or home.

Service monitoring with Nagios

Nagios calls itself an “open source host, service and network monitoring program”. In reality, though, it’s more of a monitoring framework, in that it allows an administrator to quickly fold the one-liners they use to gather information right into the configuration. Add to this the numerous plugins available, and you can easily integrate Nagios with [...]