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
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
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)
|
|
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
|
|
To be included
- apr-util – Apache Portable Runtime Utility library
- various networking tools including ping
- gvfs – Backends for the gio framework in GLib
- ipxe – A network boot loader
- iptstate – A top-like display of IP Tables state table entries
- ldns – Low–level DNS(SEC) library with API
- lftp – A sophisticated file transfer program
- libevent
- libvirt – Library providing a simple virtualization API
- net-tools – Basic networking tools
- nmap – Network exploration tool and security scanner
- nss-myhostname – glibc plugin for local system host name resolution
- nss – Network Security Services
- postgresql – PostgreSQL client programs
- rsync – A program for synchronizing files over a network
- squid – The Squid proxy caching server
- sssd – System Security Services Daemon
- syslinux – Simple kernel loader which boots from a FAT filesystem
- 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
- vinagre – VNC client for GNOME
- vino – A remote desktop system for GNOME
- virt-manager – Virtual Machine Manager
- virt-viewer – Virtual Machine Viewer
- wireshark – Network traffic analyzer
