20080430

PacketFence : A network access control (NAC) system


PacketFence is a network access control (NAC) system. It is actively maintained and has been deployed in numerous large-scale institutions. It can be used to effectively secure networks, from small to very large heterogeneous networks. PacketFence provides NAC-oriented features such as registration of new network devices, detection of abnormal network activities including from remote snort sensors, isolation of problematic devices, remediation through a captive portal, and registration-based and scheduled vulnerability scans.

[Environment]
Console (Text Based), Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
System Administrators
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Network Environment]
IP
[Operating System]
POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
Perl, PHP
[Topic]
System :: Networking

20080429

GAdmin-SAMBA : A frontend for the Samba file and print server

GAdmin-SAMBA is a frontend for the Samba file and print server. It features multiple local and remote user and group importation, on-the-fly share creation and user handling (including randomization of usernames and passwords), and PDF printing to shared and private directories or email.

[Environment] X11 Applications :: GTK
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3
[Operating System] POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] System :: Networking, System :: Systems Administration

ZoneMinder : A suite of applications intended for use in video camera security applications


ZoneMinder is a suite of applications intended for use in video camera security applications, including theft prevention and child or family member monitoring. It supports capture, analysis, recording, and monitoring of video data coming from one or more video or network cameras attached to a Linux system. It also features a user-friendly Web interface which allows viewing, archival, review, and deletion of images and movies captured by the cameras. The image analysis system is highly configurable, permitting retention of specific events, while eliminating false positives. ZoneMinder supports both directly connected and network cameras and is built around the definition of a set of individual 'zones' of varying sensitivity and functionality for each camera. This allows the elimination of regions which should be ignored or the definition of areas which will alarm if various thresholds are exceeded in conjunction with other zones. All management, control, and other functions are supported through the Web interface.

[Environment]
Console (Text Based), Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
End Users/Desktop
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
C++, Perl, PHP, SQL
[Topic]
Multimedia :: Video, Multimedia :: Video :: Capture, Multimedia :: Video :: Display, Security

20080428

TaskForest : A simple but expressive job scheduler that allows you to chain jobs and tasks and to create time dependencies

TaskForest is a simple but expressive job scheduler that allows you to chain jobs and tasks and to create time dependencies. It uses plain-text configuration files to specify task dependencies. It is designed for use on a single machine.

[Environment]
Console (Text Based)
[License]
OSI Approved :: Artistic License
[Operating System]
OS Independent
[Programming Language]
Perl
[Topic]
System :: Monitoring

20080425

FlowPlayer : A video player for Flash Video in FLV and H.264 formats


FlowPlayer is a video player for Flash Video in FLV and H.264 formats. The UI is clean, simple, and customizable. The player is easy to configure and embed into your home page, site, or blog. The player supports progressive download with HTTP and also streaming with Lighttpd, PHP, and other scripting, Flash Media Server, and Red5. It also supports MP3 audio.

[Environment]
Plugins, Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
Developers
[License]
OSI Approved, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3, The Apache License 2.0
[Programming Language]
Other
[Topic]
Communications, Multimedia :: Video :: Display

20080423

Virtualmin : A Webmin module that simplifies the process of setting up and managing virtual servers

Virtualmin is a Webmin module that simplifies the process of setting up and managing virtual servers. It can create Apache virtual hosts, BIND DNS domains, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, and set up Sendmail or Postfix to accept email for a domain. It can also manage mailboxes and mail aliases within a domain.

[Environment] Web Environment
[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (original), OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] POSIX
[Programming Language] Perl
[Topic] System :: Systems Administration

20080422

Project Gutenberg Markup Tool : A command-line tool that automatically creates an HTML or LaTeX file from a Project Gutenberg etext

Project Gutenberg Markup Tool is a command-line tool that automatically creates an HTML or LaTeX file from a Project Gutenberg etext. The aim is to provide publication-quality formatted etexts, without manual markup, in conjunction with tools like html2ps. It is tailored specifically to Project Gutenberg etexts, but can presumably be used for other plain-ASCII ebooks.

[Environment]
Console (Text Based)
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
OS Independent
[Programming Language]
C
[Topic]
Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML/XHTML, Text Processing :: Markup :: TeX/LaTeX

20080415

SecPanel serves as a GUI for managing and running SSH (Secure Shell) and SCP (Secure Copy) connections

SecPanel serves as a GUI for managing and running SSH (Secure Shell) and SCP (Secure Copy) connections. Nearly all connection-parameters are adjusted by one mouseclick (compression, port-forwarding, etc.). It also manages the SSH-agent. SecPanel works with ssh 1.2.x and OpenSSH.

[Environment] X11 Applications
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic] Communications

20080414

Sylpheed : A simple, lightweight but featureful, and easy-to-use email client

Sylpheed is a simple, lightweight but featureful, and easy-to-use email client. It has a well-polished and comfortable user interface. It has many features such as multiple accounts, thread display, MIME, powerful filtering, various search interface, spell checking, and junk mail control. It supports common email protocols such as POP3, IMAP4rev1, SMTP, and security features such as GnuPG and SSL/TLSv1. It is also fully internationalized and multilingualized.

[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA)

20080412

ZABBIX : An enterprise-class distributed monitoring solution


ZABBIX is an enterprise-class distributed monitoring solution designed to monitor and track performance and availability of network servers, devices, and other IT resources. It supports distributed and Web-based monitoring, auto-discovery, real-time monitoring, SLA assurance, trending, and more.

[Environment]
Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
POSIX
[Programming Language]
C, PHP
[Topic]
System :: Logging, System :: Monitoring, System :: Networking :: Monitoring, System :: Systems Administration

Autossh : A program to monitor and automatically reestablish SSH connections

Autossh is a program to monitor and automatically reestablish SSH connections. It is similar to rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), however, it is implemented in C, and is easier to set up and use, especially for connections to multiple hosts. Autossh has been compiled and tested on OpenBSD, Linux, and Solaris, and should run without needing changes on FreeBSD and NetBSD.

[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] System Administrators
[License] Freely Distributable
[Operating System] POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: BSD :: NetBSD, POSIX :: BSD :: OpenBSD, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Security, System :: Networking, System :: Systems Administration

NetMRG : A network monitoring, reporting, and graphing system


NetMRG is a network monitoring, reporting, and graphing system. Using MySQL, PHP, C++, pthreads, and RRDTOOL, it is capable of monitoring thousands of arbitrary values at user-configured intervals (typically 5 minutes). Graph templating allows network and system admins to begin monitoring routers, switches, servers and other devices with minimal setup overhead. NetMRG is also capable of responding to programmable events, such as variables exceeding accepted tolerances. NetMRG can be deployed in server hosting and ISP environments, allowing users to view only their own equipment's bandwidth or traffic graphs.

[Environment]
Console (Text Based), Web Environment
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: MIT/X Consortium License
[Operating System]
POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
C++, PHP, SQL
[Topic]
System :: Networking :: Monitoring

Tulip : A software system dedicated to the visualization of huge graphs

Tulip is a software system dedicated to the visualization of huge graphs. It manages graphs with up to 500,000 elements (node and edges) on a personal computer (PIII 600, 256MB RAM). Its SuperGraph technology architecture provides the following features: 3D visualizations, 3D modifications, plugin support, support for clusters and navigation, automatic graph drawing, automatic clustering of graphs, automatic selection of elements, and automatic coloring of elements according to a metric.

[Environment]
X11 Applications :: Qt
[Intended Audience]
Developers, Quality Engineers, System Administrators
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
MacOS X, Microsoft :: Windows :: Windows NT/2000/XP, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
C++
[Topic]
Education, Information Management, Software Development :: Libraries, Utilities

20080403

Monitorix : A lightweight monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services as it can


Monitorix is a lightweight monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services as it can. At this time, it monitors from the CPU load and temperatures to the users on the system. Network device activity, network service demand, and even the devices' interrupt activity are also monitored. It uses RRDtool as its logging and graphing back-end. The current status of any corporate UNIX/Linux server with Monitorix installed can be accessed via a Web browser.

[Environment]
Web Environment
[Intended Audience]
System Administrators
[License]
OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]
POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]
Perl
[Topic]
System :: Monitoring

OpenChange intends to provide a portable implementation of Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Exchange protocols

OpenChange intends to provide a portable implementation of Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Exchange protocols.

[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (revised), OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3
[Operating System] POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language] C
[Topic] Communications :: Email, Database :: Database Engines/Servers, Office/Business :: Groupware, Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks