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Ethereal vs ModSecurity

A side-by-side look at Ethereal and ModSecurity. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Ethereal

Ethereal

Network & Admin

Ethereal is a free and open-source packet analyzer and network protocol analyzer software for Unix-like operating systems. It allows users to examine data from a live network or from a capture file on disk. Ethereal has powerful features to inspect hundreds of protocols, and provides the ability to reconstruct TCP sessions and browse data as it presents itself on the …

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ModSecurity

ModSecurity

Security & Privacy

ModSecurity is an open source web application firewall that provides protection against common web attacks like XSS, SQLi, RFI, etc. It works by intercepting and inspecting all HTTP traffic between a web app and clients.

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