Open Source Network Monitoring Software

Those who have read past the "Malware" warning can be assured there is absolutely no malware in this OS or in the download. This warning comes from the "netcat" binary included in the download as a DOS time client. Unfortunately netcat has code that is flagged as malware. FREESCO, a NAT/firewall router/server based on Linux and runs on a single 1.44MB floppy. Freesco is very powerful and versatile and can connect multiple home or small office networks to most types of Internet connections including dialup.

A Perl version of Ben Woodard's npadmin, provides an intuitive API to query printers via SNMP. This is siginicant since vendors historically support different MIBs. Woodard emphasized scalability; SNMP::NPAdmin emphasizes maintainability by sys admins