Tools and Technology

Several of the tools mentioned earlier are free and easily accessible. You are encouraged to download them and play with them on your personal machine, but be careful. Some of them are powerful and should be tested in the bulletproof superman testing network prior to use in a production environment. The purpose of Table 6-7 is to list in a shortened format some of the tools you might want to consider as you look further into auditing Windows.

Table 6-7: Tools and Technology-Auditing Windows

Resource	Location
Administration Tools Pack (adminpak)	Search for "Administration Tools Pack" at http://www.microsoft.com
Resource Kit Tools	Search for "Resource Kit Tools" at http://www.microsoft.com
SysInternals Tools	http://www.sysinternals.com
Retina Scanner	http://www.eeye.com
Nessus Scanner	http://www.nessus.org
Fport	http://www.foundstone.com/knowledge/proddesc/fport.html