Software of the Month 50 ESSENTIAL OPEN SOURCE TOOLS FOR EMERGING ENTERPRISES AND WEB DEVELOPERS Set up a single master backup web server, do network troubleshooting and analysis, email archiving, deploy security solutions around networks, manage projects, conduct web- based bug tracking and more… - Compiled by Sonam Yadav 15 SECURITY AND BACKUP TOOLS FOR WINDOWS ADMINS 1. WIRESHARK 2. AMANDA 3. MAILARCHIVA Wireshark is used for network AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland MailArchiva is a powerful, full featured troubleshooting, analysis, software Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is email archiving and compliance and communications protocol a backup solution that allows the IT solution for mail systems such as development, and education. administrator to set up a single master Microsoft Exchange. It stores all Wireshark is cross-platform, using the backup server to back up multiple hosts incoming, outgoing and internal emails Qt widget toolkit in current releases over network to tape drives/changers for long term storage. MailArchiva is to implement its user interface, and or disks or optical media. Amanda uses the development, to provide, a dual using pcap to capture packets, it runs native utilities and formats (e.g. dump license of e-mail archiving software on GNU/Linux, OS X, BSD, Solaris, and/or GNU tar) and can back up a large free of the Open Source Edition some other Unix-like operating number of servers and workstations and paid Enterprise Edition. Various systems, and Microsoft Windows. running multiple versions of Linux or OS can respond to the mail server Unix. Amanda is a fully integrated busi- environment, because of the multi- ness system which contains everything lingual, have been used in various from customer details, offer, order, countries and regions. production, logistics, project, economy, salary to market and personal planning. 6. AutoSPINstALLer for 4. EXCHANGE 2010 RBAC SHAREPOINT 2010 MANAGER AutoSPInstaller is an open source Exchange 2010 RBAC Manager is a tool set of PowerShell scripts that installs for admins working with role-based and performs a base configuration of access control and Exchange. RBAC 5. CORE CONFIGURATOR 2.0 SharePoint Server 2010 or 2013. This Manager helps overcome the lack of a It is completely open source so it can project consists of PowerShell scripts, an GUI tool to work with the new role- be amended and change to fit your XML input file, and a standard Windows based administration side to Exchange, requirements, this version has been batch file which together provide a quick enabling admins to connect, whether a year in the making and has been and near-unattended installation and or not you’re a PowerShell master. written in PowerShell with a reference initial configuration (Service Apps, My The tool is written in C# and uses to Winforms so that a GUI format is Sites) of Microsoft SharePoint Server PowerShell behind the scenes to allow displayed. Core Configuration tasks 2010/2013. It configures a single or you to create and manage roles in your include Product Licensing, Networking multi-server SharePoint farm based on a Exchange 2010 environment. Features, DCPromo Tool. predefined configuration XML file. 60 PCQUEST JULY 2016 pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] 7. OCS INVENtory 8. ULTRADEFRAG If you need a cool tool for locating all UltraDefrag is a tool for Windows that 9. NMAP FOR WINDOWS the devices connected to your network can defrag system files, registry hives, Originally a Unix-only tool, Nmap for and what software and hardware you and the paging file. It’s continually Windows has been an important security have installed on your systems, then updated to ensure improvements in resource for Windows . This security OCS-NG is the one for you. It requires performance. UltraDefrag is fully com- scanner and network mapper can also you install the OCS client inventory patible with Windows NT 4.0, Windows be used to perform network inventory, agent on your systems; you can then 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server manage service upgrade schedules, pull all that information into a repository 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server and monitor host or service uptime. It that’s easy to visualize and search. 2008, Windows 7, and all of the 64-bit supports Windows 7, Windows Server editions of Windows. It’s a valuable ad- 2008 and 2003, Windows Vista, and dition to any Windows environment. Windows XP SP1 and later. 10. POWERGUI It’s no secret that PowerShell is taking the Windows world by storm. It feels 11. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LOGS (PAL) TOOL 12. VIrtuAL ROUTER like a retro pleasure for many long-term Virtual Router is a nifty tool that turns The PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) admins who remember the command- any Windows R2 system into a Wi-Fi tool is a powerful tool that reads in a line days. But for others, banging on the hotspot. Using Virtual Router, users performance monitor counter log and command line to administer systems can wirelessly share any Internet analyzes it using known thresholds. can be a pain. Those looking for a connection (Wi-Fi, LAN, cable modem, This open source tool helps read more graphical means of tapping into dial-up, cellular, and so on) with performance monitor counter logs and PowerShell should check out PowerGUI, any Wi-Fi-enabled device. Laptops, analyzes them , using built-in thresholds a free graphical user interface and smartphones, netbooks, wireless that relate to the majority of your script editor for PowerShell. More printers — all can connect to Virtual Windows products, including Exchange, valuable perhaps is the community built Router just as they would any other SharePoint, Active Directory, and more. around PowerGUI, with its vast store access point, and the connection is of contributed scripts and libraries for completely secured using WPA2, the administering your fleet. most secure wireless encryption. 13. CLAMWIN ANTIVIRUS 14. ZENMAP This open source antivirus solution is Zenmap is a cool tool for mapping a 15. VIrtuALBOX a valuable tool for security-minded topology of devices connected to your VirtualBox is a must-have open admins. ClamWin supports Windows network. This security scanner works source virtualization solution for any .The tool includes a scanning scheduler off of Nmap, providing an interactive, admin seeking to run guest OSes on that you can use to configure animated visualization of hosts on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, or Solaris appropriate scan times but does not a network, configured in rings.With machines. Using VirtualBox, admins come with an on-access real-time Zenmap, information regarding potential can run virtual instances of a wide scanner. It also has the ability to vulnerabilities becomes that much easier array of operating systems, including integrate into Windows Explorer and to pinpoint, ensuring your firewalls and Windows, Linux, OpenSolaris, OS/2, Outlook for easy scanning. routers are working correctly. OpenBSD, and even DOS. pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] JULY 2016 PCQUEST 61.