Four free Microsoft administration tools and much more

Here are a few interesting and useful tools and information that I found while surfing:

0. Four very interesting administration tools from Microsoft, available here: Network Monitor, Baseline Security Analyzer, IPSec Diagnostic tool and Windows SysInternals Suite.
0. A shmorgasbord of security tools, available here from SecTools: warning, many of these can be used in very bad ways, but it is always best to know and understand what your enemies might be using.
0. Now that you’re equipped with a bunch of tools, have a look at some of the simple and nasty ways that hackers use to hack your website.
0. Your users will no doubt be asking to install some of these Windows apps on their systems.
0. You have had to put up with user accounts that get hacked because the passwords used are too weak. Well, here are some simple instructions for creating hard to break passwords that are easy to remember and use.
0. Ever wonder how to test your anti-virus software without actually throwing a virus at it? Here is a simple way to do it by just using notepad.
0. You and your users are getting more and more concerned about privacy. Here’s a list of 12 free privacy tools to try out and determine what you would recommend to them. We have used and recommend Keepass.

I hope you find these useful and will share some of your own goodies!

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee872413.aspx
• http://sectools.org/
• http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/how-they-hack-your-website-overview-of-common-techniques-002339.php
• http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/12/30/top-new-and-updated-windows-apps-of-2010/
• http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability