Network configuration packages
IPv4 and IPv6 configuration stacks
| Package
|
Description
|
Assessment
|
| NetworkManager
|
Network connection manager and user applications
|
good
|
| dhcpcd
|
A minimalistic network configuration daemon with DHCPv4, rdisc and DHCPv6 support
|
good
|
Tools and helper software
There is no uniform way to test the following packages.
| Package
|
Description
|
Assessment
|
| dhcp
|
Dynamic host configuration protocol software
|
good
|
| iproute
|
Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools
|
good
|
| dnssec-trigger
|
NetworkManager plugin to update/reconfigure DNSSEC resolving
|
good
|
| iptables
|
Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities
|
good
|
| iputils
|
Network monitoring tools including ping
|
bad
|
tracepath and possibly other tools don't behave correctly
|
| fping
|
|
bad
|
lack of IPv6 support
|
| nslookup
|
|
bad
|
bad default behavior
|
| arptables
|
|
N/A
|
IPv4 only
|
| arpwatch
|
|
N/A
|
IPv4 only
|
| firewalld
|
A firewall daemon with D-BUS interface providing a dynamic firewall
|
|
| bird
|
routing daemon
|
|
| openswan/libreswan/strongswan
|
IPSEC implementations
|
|
| quagga
|
Routing daemon
|
|
| iptstate
|
A top-like display of IP Tables state table entries
|
|
| net-tools
|
Basic networking tools
|
|
| nmap
|
Network exploration tool and security scanner
|
|
| tcpdump
|
A network traffic monitoring tool
|
|
| telnet
|
The client program for the Telnet remote login protocol
|
|
| traceroute
|
Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
|
|
| wireshark
|
Network traffic analyzer
|
|
| iptstate
|
A top-like display of IP Tables state table entries
|
|
| net-tools
|
Basic networking tools
|
|
| nmap
|
Network exploration tool and security scanner
|
|
| tcpdump
|
A network traffic monitoring tool
|
|
| telnet
|
The client program for the Telnet remote login protocol
|
|
| traceroute
|
Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
|
|
| wireshark
|
Network traffic analyzer
|
|
Core system and libraries
| Packages
|
Description
|
Assessment
|
Notes
|
| avahi
|
Local network service discovery
|
bad
|
IPv6 turned off by default, nss-mdns doesn't do IPv6LL due to glibc limitations
|
| glibc
|
The GNU libc libraries
|
bad
|
limited and buggy getaddrinfo(), upstream getaddrinfo issues
|
| abrt
|
Automatic bug detection and reporting tool
|
|
| anaconda
|
Graphical system installer
|
|
| apr, apr-util
|
Apache Portable Runtime library
|
|
| busybox
|
Statically linked binary providing simplified versions of system commands
|
|
| docker
|
Automates deployment of containerized applications
|
|
check: IPv6 in /etc/resolv.conf, IPv6 on bridged networks
|
| dracut
|
Initramfs generator using udev
|
|
| glib2/glib-networking
|
Networking support for GLib
|
|
| grub2
|
Bootloader with support for Linux, Multiboot and more
|
|
| systemd
|
A System and Service Manager
|
|
| yum
|
RPM package installer/updater/manager
|
|
| gvfs
|
Backends for the gio framework in GLib
|
|
| nss-myhostname
|
glibc plugin for local system host name resolution
|
|
| ipxe
|
A network boot loader
|
|
| ldns
|
Low–level DNS(SEC) library with API
|
|
| libvirt
|
Library providing a simple virtualization API
|
|
| libevent
|
|
|
| nss
|
Network Security Services
|
|
| sssd
|
System Security Services Daemon
|
|
| syslinux
|
Simple kernel loader which boots from a FAT filesystem
|
|
Services
Various types of software listening on a socket.
| Package
|
Description
|
Assessment
|
| bind
|
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server
|
good
|
| dnsmasq
|
A lightweight DHCP/caching DNS server
|
good
|
| httpd
|
Apache HTTP Server
|
good
|
| openssh
|
An open source implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2
|
good
|
| postfix
|
Postfix Mail Transport Agent
|
good
|
| cups
|
Common Unix Printing System
|
|
| dovecot
|
Secure imap and pop3 server
|
|
| sendmail
|
A widely used Mail Transport Agent (MTA)
|
|
| postgresql
|
PostgreSQL client programs
|
|
- squid – The Squid proxy caching server
Client software
| Package
|
Description
|
Assessment
|
| git
|
|
good
|
| curl
|
A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
|
good
|
| cyrus-imapd
|
A high-performance mail server with IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SIEVE support
|
good
|
| c-ares
|
A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations
|
good
|
| firefox
|
Mozilla Firefox Web browser
|
good
|
| libssh2
|
A library implementing the SSH2 protocol
|
good
|
| subversion
|
A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
|
no fallback to IPv4 when IPv6 default route fails
|
[1]
|
| bzr
|
Friendly distributed version control system
|
|
| cvs
|
Concurrent Versions System
|
|
| gdb
|
A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Fortran and other languages
|
|
| mercurial
|
Mercurial – a distributed SCM
|
|
| lftp
|
A sophisticated file transfer program
|
|
| rsync
|
A program for synchronizing files over a network
|
|
| vinagre
|
VNC client for GNOME
|
|
| vino
|
A remote desktop system for GNOME
|
|
| virt-manager
|
Virtual Machine Manager
|
|
| virt-viewer
|
Virtual Machine Viewer
|
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