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Hacking: Tools of the Trade (Part 2)

In part one of this article series we went over some must have tools like a packet sniffer and network scanner. We also covered their installation and basic usage examples. What we shall now do in part two is cover some of the other tools that should definitely be in your arsenal of computer security tools. Please bear in mind again that with XP SP2 a lot of computer security tools were broken. I shall point out on what platform I am installing the tool on, and will also mention if it can be used on XP SP2. Barring that, simply install the tool on either an XP SP1 computer or Windows 2000 Professional one.

The superlative Netcat

The tool netcat has often been compared to as the ?Swiss army knife of TCP/IP?. It is one of the best known tools out there and is really quite indispensable. Please download it here. Once downloaded simply decompress the file and install the nc.exe file on to the root of C drive ie: C:\. You are now ready to use Netcat!... Tools of the Trade (Part 2)

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