Nsauditor Network Security Auditor

A tool that helps administrators monitor the security of terminals on a network remotely.

Pros: Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a tool that allows a user to monitor the security of a number of terminals on a network. It checks for all potential security holes in the local network and informs the user of these potential problems. It not only has network auditing functions but augments these with scanning and monitoring functions as well. TCP, UDP endpoints can be identified by processes (and port numbers) using them. Unwanted connections can be identified and closed remotely right from the Nsauditor window. All in all it is a one stop shop for all things that are required by network administrators.

The main features include an HTTP Traffic generator, DNS / WHOIS lookup capabilities, Sniffing, Network Scanning, Packet filtering and analysis, Web Proxy scanning, a tough firewall, and more. A number of auditing functions help to monitor the health of the network and its security: Password auditing, Registry auditing, Log analyzer, Network attack probes, HTTP & CGI server auditing, OS detection and finger-printing, and a robust intrusion detection system. It also allows in addition to the DNS / WHOIS lookups, LM / NTLM lookups, cataloging of RPC, SQL, SNMP information after their discovery and much more. All in all, a very powerful tool for administrators to monitor network security.

Cons: The interface is really hard to get around and is definitely intended only for administrators. That may not be a bad thing seeing as this ought not to fall into the hands of anyone but an administrator, because they could wreak havoc. In fact, that is also the single biggest concern about this tool that it has too much information at one location which can pose a significant security threat.

Overall: 4 stars. Works well as it is intended to do. Difficult interface and it may pose a security threat if it falls into the wrong hands.

Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is the best network security scanner that allows to audit and monitor remote network computers for possible vulnerabilities, checks your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it. Nsauditor is a complete networking utilities package that includes a wide range of tools for network auditing, scanning, monitoring and more. You can discover network services and check them for vulnerabilities, list all TCP and UDP endpoints with their associated process, discover NetBios names, audit MS SQL servers, scan for common Adware traces and more. The program also includes real-time network packet filtering and analyzing, remote network performance monitoring, network status monitoring, web proxy scanning, password auditing, intrusion detection system based on security events log analyzer and firewall system that allows to stop internet threats and block unwanted network connections, IP address lookup and more than 45 network tools for scanning, sniffing, enumerating and gaining access to machines, DNS and WHOIS lookups, e-mail validation and HTTP traffic generator. Overall, this is a very complete package for a surprisingly low price. The product contains a built-in database of known network security vulnerabilities, which allows you to select the items for scanning and add custom entries. Nsauditor can reveal and catalog a variety of information, including installed software, shares, users, drives, hotfixes, NetBios, RPC, SQL and SNMP information, open ports. It can also audit password and security policies as well as make a variety of network attack probes, such as stealth port scans, HTTP / CGI server auditing, registry auditing. The program can sniff and use brute-force and dictionary attacks on LM and NTLM password hashes and expose the insecure ones. Nsauditor does OS detection and automatically creates OS fingerprints which are not included in database. Reports can be generated in HTML and XML format.