10 Useful Security Applications for Mac
Stumble it!Keeping your machine safe from any kind of threats is always a good move from the users end. It’s better to take care of stuff that might happen at a later time. Following are some of the most useful Security applications you can download on your Mac today totally free of charge.
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When it comes to checking virus on your Mac ClamXav is considered very useful. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
Download Clamxav
Flame
If you’ve ever wondered what’s going on behind the scenes on your network, then Flame can show you that . Just start Flame to see all the computers on the network that are advertising services. Disclose the services available from each. You can even delve right into the service record to see the gory details, if you like that sort of thing.
Download Flame
IPSecuritas is the most advanced, yet free IPSec client for Mac OS X. It supports virtually every available IPSec compliant firewall, allowing you to connect safely to your office or home network from any location on earth.
Download IPSecuritas
OS X Rootkit Hunter is scanning tool to detect nasty tools on your Mac. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits by running tests like:
- Look for files used by rootkits
- Look for suspected strings
- Look for hidden files
- Scans within plaintext and binary files
and much more…
Download Rookit Hunter
The ServerAdministrationSoftware.mpkg contains administration software and tools that you can install on a computer other than your server. These tools require Mac OS X v10.4 or later.
It features
Server Admin :For configuring service settings, monitoring server activity, logging information and the state of each service.
Workgroup Manager :For managing share points, users, group and computer lists, privileges and Managed Network View.
Server Monitor :For monitoring the hardware status of Xserve servers.
System Image Utility :For creating, modifying and managing NetBoot and Network Install disk images.
Server Assistant :For remote installations and initial configuration of Mac OS X Server.
Gateway Setup Utility :For setting up an Internet Gateway, Firewall and VPN.
QuickTime Broadcaster :To use in conjunction with QuickTime Streaming Server to broadcast live audio and video streams.
Xgrid Admin :For administration and monitoring the activity of Xgrid clusters.
Download Server Admin Tools
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.
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 packet browser
- Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others
- Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility
- The most powerful display filters in the industry
- Rich VoIP analysis
- Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many others
- Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly
- Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platfrom)
- Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2
- Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis
- Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text
Download WireShark
HouseCall is an application for checking whether your computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. HouseCall performs additional security checks to identify and fix vulnerabilities to prevent reinfection. It also works on Linux and Windows.
PeerGuardian is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for OS X. PeerGuardian integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on the Internet.
Download PeerGaudian OS X
ThunderBird is a highly customizable secure email client which comes equipped with spam email filters, phishing protection and encryption capabilities.
Download Thunderbird
AirTrafficControl is a self restricting application which prevents unauthorized users from changing network settings or joining networks. If you want to disable these restrictions simply flip the widget over, authenticate, and you have control.
Download AirTrafficControl
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