Passively

Aimwatch is a packet sniffer designed to reconstruct AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ information by passively collecting packets from the network..

Deep Network Analyzer is an flexible, open and extensible deep network analyzer (software server) and architecture for gathering and analyzing network packets, network sessions and applications protocols, passively off enterprise class networks. DNA is designed to be used for Internet Security,...

DNA (Deep Network Analyser) is an open, flexible, and extensible deep network analyzer server and software architecture for passively gathering and analyzing network packets, network sessions, and applications protocols. Deep Network Analyser project is designed to be used for Internet...


Platforms: *nix

Pads (Passive Asset Detection System) is a signature-based detection engine used to passively detect network assets. Asset management is an important factor in information security. A good security administrator should keep track of all devices attached to the network. Even though active...


Platforms: *nix

DNA is an open, flexible and extensible deep network analyzer software server and software architecture for gathering and analyzing network packets, network sessions and applications protocols, passively off enterprise class networks.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

nwpedit is a small tool to cache, edit and send back files from remote shell accounts on the local system. This is useful to get work done on systems which have a slow connection or lack your favorite editor. Server can be run passively or actively.


Platforms: *nix

AirSnort is a wireless LAN (WLAN) tool which cracks encryption keys on 802.11b WEP networks. AirSnort operates by passively monitoring transmissions, computing the encryption key when enough packets have been gathered.


Platforms: *nix

Screen savers have been shown to be 4-5 times as effective at ensuring that people retain information than any other methods of learning. They repeatedly, passively, feed the user with information in a way that is pleasant and conducive to remembering. Training takes place as each person goes...


Platforms: Windows

Have you ever wondered why your machine runs so much faster right after you reboot? Most of the time it's due to resources not being properly freed, and which couldn't be easily reclaimed without rebooting. MaxMem passively monitors your systems memory and allows you to customize it for maximum...


Platforms: Windows

ArpSpyX is an ARP packet sniffer that displays a list of IP and MAC addresses found by analyzing ARP traffic on your network. Arp packets are an indicator of what machines are active on your network. ArpSpyX will passively sniff your network for ARP packets and display the IP and MAC address of...


Platforms: *nix

RogueScanner project is an open-source vulnerability management tool that is used to gain greater network visibility to enable you to quickly identify and remove rogue wireless devices that may provide a back door to access your critical data and infrastructure. Considering that rogue access...


Platforms: *nix

DSniff project is a collection of tools for network auditing and penetration testing. dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf, urlsnarf, and webspy passively monitor a network for interesting data (passwords, e-mail, files, etc.). arpspoof, dnsspoof, and macof facilitate the interception of...


Platforms: *nix

fwknop stands for the "FireWall KNock OPerator", and implements an authorization scheme based around Netfilter and libpcap that requires only a single encrypted packet in order to communicate various pieces of information including desired access through a Netfilter policy and/or complete...


Platforms: *nix

psad is a collection of three lightweight system daemons (two main daemons and one helper daemon) that run on Linux machines and analyze Netfilter log messages to detect port scans and other suspicious traffic. psad incorporates many signatures from the Snort intrusion detection system to...


Platforms: *nix

Kismet application is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting...


Platforms: *nix

tcptrack provides a packet sniffer that displays TCP connections similarly to top. tcptrack is a packet sniffer, which passively watches for connections on a specified network interface, tracks their states, and lists them in a manner similar to the Unix top command. It displays source and...


Platforms: *nix

Capture HTTP conversations regardless of the browser or server technology you use. HTTP Scoop passively listens for HTTP requests from any browser (or other application for that matter) running on your Mac. If you're running a web server or an application server on your machine then you will see...


Platforms: Mac

Bazabar, allows you to find the best deals on the web. With Bazabar you can shop actively or shop passively. If you want be relaxed about your shopping and let Bazabar do the work, you have the choice between Bazabar's manual mode and automatic mode. When opening your browser the shopping...


Platforms: Windows

Memephage is an automated web log (blog). It passively gathers and summarizes links from various places. Currently: IRC, social MUDs, e-mail, and web browsers. Uses the POE multitasking and networking framework for Perl.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

POP3 Spam Filter Proxy is a multiuser POP3 proxy written in Java. Other than most other email filtering programs it works passively and transparently each time a user checks her or his mailbox. The filters so far are be based on regular expression searche


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux