An Overview of Ethical hacking tools

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 17, 2011 -- In layman’s term, a ‘hacker’ is a person who has the capability of burgling into computer networks. A hacker is supposed to have outstanding knowledge in the field of computers. There was a time when web was under the nuisance of hackers who breached into other’s systems for want of sensitive data, money or challenges. There are people who hold similar knowledge as hackers, but they perform hacking only to unveil criminal hackers. The process is known as ethical hacking. They require suitable ethical hacking tools to perform such high-level hacking.

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Illegal hacking has caused immense damage to personal properties in the recent past. Unethical hackers have strategically contravened into other’s computer networks and gotten away with stealing sensitive data. Once such illegal crime has been committed, hackers can misuse the data in any way they want to. They can sell that data to rivals, they can blackmail, etc. In order to control such undesirable occurrence, ethical hackers enter the scene. With the help of certain powerful ethical hacking tools, illegal hacking can be controlled to a great extent. Some of the popular ethical hacking tools have been discussed as follows:

Pen-test

Pen-tests cover a large number of hacking techniques. An ethical hacker is rightly called a pen-tester. It is worth mentioning here, the fundamental difference between a pen-tester and a hacker is that the former has the authority to use pen-test techniques while a hacker does not have it. Pen testing acts as a defensive testing tool that helps a company or an organization to know if there are any loopholes in their computerized security system. This can prove to be immensely helpful in enhancing a security system, making it more rigid and secured. Pen testing is basically of two types – Black box and White box. In the former type, a pen-tester holds no knowledge about the system he is going to break through. In the latter type, a pen-tester is allowed to have considerable knowledge about the computer network he is going to penetrate. This is one of the most important ethical hacking tools, for especially the small businesses, that do not have a dedicated force for maintaining proper security for their data.

Firewalk

This is one of the most well-known inspection tool that allows an organization to determine which four layers will a specific IP forwarding address go by. The functioning of a firewalk includes transfer of TSCP/UDP packets.

NETCAT

This is basically a computer networking service, but it can also serve as a computer network debugging and examination tool, as it is capable of generating almost all sorts of correlation that are usually required. It is available for both Windows and UNIX platform. What’s more? This software can also be utilized as a port scanner, which helps in detecting the active ports on a given machine.

Cain & Abel

This is one of the most popular ethical hacking tools, designed for Microsoft OS. It is actually a password recovery tool that comes bundled with a host of other utilities like cryptanalyis, dictionary attack, ARP poisoning and Brute force attack.

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