SCUTUM
Tool and Usage
Project details
Project health
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Why this tool?
The primary goal of this solution is to prevent ARP spoofing by other computers on the local network. It uses a whitelist and blocks all other systems sending possible malicious ARP requests (e.g. with spoofing attack).
How it works
SCUTUM uses arptables and iptables to filter traffic. With arptables, it can filter traffic on the second OSI layer, where ARP requests are being handled.
Usage and audience
SCUTUM is commonly used for firewall management or network traffic filtering. Target users for this tool are security professionals and system administrators.
Features
- Command line interface
- Graphical user interface
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + The source code of this software is available
Weaknesses
- - Full name of author is unknown
Installation
Supported operating systems
SCUTUM is known to work on Linux.
SCUTUM alternatives
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iptables
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a network defense tool and network traffic filtering tool.