Pro-active Security Software?

From: David P. Donahue (ddonahue_at_ccs.neu.edu)
Date: 08/04/03 

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:57:02 -0400

I'm setting up a hybrid Linux/Windows network and am looking for
ideas/suggestions on pro-active security software. I can assure you that I
have little experience in the matter, as this is my first true effort in the
subject. I've been searching around the Internet, as it were, to find ideas
on what I should do, but "linux network security" and the like aren't
exactly specific search terms :)

Basically, I'm looking for software (freeware, ideally... I'm open to
purchasing software at a reasonable price if and only if it has a fully
functional trial version) that will sit on a linux box (I'll probably be
running Mandrake's latest when I get around to actually building this
network, the hardware of which is currently in storage) and basically scan
the network and local server for, well, anything you think I should look
for. Open ports, filesystem problems, etc. I'm open to any suggestions on
the list of things I should be looking for. Extensive logging and reporting
is, of course, very important.

Basically, as I make my way through the massive, stormy sea of downloadable
software on the subject, I'm pretty much just looking for suggestions on
software with which others have had luck and/or some URLs to point me in the
right direction. If you need to know anything more about the network itself
just ask. I would really appreciate any help you can offer, and I thank you
for your time.

Regards,
David P. Donahue
ddonahue@ccs.neu.edu

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