McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Edition is available free to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
Sanitization Software
System owners are responsible for ensuring that data and software residing on any computer, disk, or data storage media is sanitized according to this guideline prior to reuse, transfer, or disposal. For more information please read the Sanitization Procedure.
- Solaris Systems
- Intel or AMD Systems
- ZDelete for Windows Systems (Requires NetID and Password)
- Apple systems are shipped with an operating system reinstallation disk that contains an application named "Disk Utility".
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
The current generation of VPNs are an advanced combination of tunneling, encryption, authentication and access control technologies and services.
1. Download the client for your operating system and the configuration file needed for all clients.
2. Consult documentation for installation procedure.
- Linux & Solaris User Guide (PDF)
- Macintosh OS X User Guide (PDF)
- Windows User Guide (PDF)
The Center for Internet Security software
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has available for download various tools such as benchmarks free of charge.
PGP
PGP® or Pretty Good Privacy® is a powerful cryptographic product family that enables people to securely exchange messages, and to secure files, disk volumes and network connections with both privacy and strong authentication.
Secure Command-Line & File Transfer Software
Telnet and FTP applications are vulnerable because they transfer information across the Internet in a plain-text format. This may allow malicious users to read your usernames and passwords as they are sent to their destination. SSH (Secure Shell) encrypts information before it is sent to prevent this from happening.
Macintosh
- NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH
- MacOS X comes with a SSH client that is accessible via the Terminal program
- MacSFTP