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What is Nmap and why do you need it on your network?

Network World

Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a free and open source tool used for vulnerability checking, port scanning and, of course, network mapping. Despite being created back in 1997, Nmap remains the gold standard against which all other similar tools , either commercial or open source, are judged.

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How and Where to Find and Download R

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For those who are interested in starting a project in R, the steps to download a copy of your own are quick and easy: Simply go to www.r-project.org. To download R, click on the link labeled CRAN on the left side, under the words "Download, Packages". I will continue this with an example of how to download on a Mac.

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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These products can be downloaded and deployed on your own hardware, on a virtual platform, or in the cloud. Many of them sell pre-configured appliances as well.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS. We reviewed five products: ClearOS, DD-WRT, pfSense, Untangle and ZeroShell.

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Accelerated PCAP: An Architecture for Precision Packet Capture and Analysis on High-­?Speed Networks

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Are you a system engineer or administrator charged with protecting your network infrastructure from attack? Napatech''s Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can help you to improve on the ability to monitor and react to malicious events that occur within your network. scale networks. speed networks for years to come.

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Open Humans Network

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Open Humans Network is launching soon. The portal will showcase public health data and facilitate its exploration and download. The Open Humans Network ultimately hopes to revolutionize research by making it easy for anyone to participate in research projects and facilitating highly integrated, longitudinal health data.

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Our Freemium Future: Development teams take advantage of free, entry-level versions of software 

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These days, there’s a spectrum of choices: software code you can download, customize, and use for free (open source) at one end of the spectrum; pre-built software you can buy on perpetual license and install on-premises and customize at the other end of the spectrum; and, in the middle, software you can rent with a recurring subscription (SaaS).

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