sslcaudit alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace sslcaudit? During the review of sslcaudit we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

  1. ssldump (SSLv3/TLS network protocol analyzer)
  2. cipherscan (TLS/SSL cipher scanner)
  3. testssl.sh (TLS/SSL configuration scanner)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to sslcaudit.

Alternatives (by score)

52

ssldump

Introduction

ssldump is protocol analyzer for SSLv3/TLS network traffic. It identifies TCP connections on the chosen network interface and tries to interpret it.

Project details

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + The source code of this software is available
  • - No updates for a while

Typical usage

  • Network analysis

ssldump review

64

cipherscan

Introduction

The tool is of great assistance to quickly perform a security audit and may be used during penetrating testing, or guiding system administrator for system hardening.

Project details

cipherscan is written in Python, shell script.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + Screen output is colored
  • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
  • + Very low number of dependencies
  • + Supported by a large company

    Typical usage

    • Information gathering
    • Security assessment
    • System hardening
    • Web application analysis

    cipherscan review

    74

    testssl.sh

    Introduction

    Key features of testssl.sh include:

    • Clear output: you can tell easily whether anything is good or bad
    • Ease of installation: It works for Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD and MSYS2/Cygwin out of the box: no need to install or configure something, no gems, CPAN, pip or the like.
    • Flexibility: You can test any SSL/TLS enabled and STARTTLS service, not only webservers at port 443
    • Toolbox: Several command line options help you to run YOUR test and configure YOUR output
    • Reliability: features are tested thoroughly
    • Verbosity: If a particular check cannot be performed because of a missing capability on your client side, you'll get a warning
    • Privacy: It's only you who sees the result, not a third party
    • Freedom: It's 100% open source. You can look at the code, see what's going on and you can change it.

    Project details

    testssl.sh is written in shell script.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + Used language is shell script
    • + The source code of this software is available

      Typical usage

      • Application testing
      • Configuration audit

      testssl.sh review

      64

      A2SV

      Introduction

      A2SV is short for Auto Scanning to SSL Vulnerability, a security tool to scan for SSL and TLS vulnerabilities. It can be used during security assessments.

      Project details

      A2SV is written in Python.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code of this software is available
      • - Full name of author is unknown

      Typical usage

      • Vulnerability scanning
      • Vulnerability testing

      A2SV review

      60

      tlsenum

      Introduction

      Tlsenum is a CLI tool to enumerate TLS protocol and TLS cipher support by a server. The tool lists then the output based on the order of priority. Tlsenum can be used to find the supported protocols and ciphers of a system and determine if it is properly hardened. This information can be useful to system administrators and pentesters doing a security assessment of the system.

      Project details

      tlsenum is written in Python.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Information gathering
        • Security assessment
        • System enumeration
        • System hardening

        tlsenum review

        74

        SSLsplit

        Introduction

        SSLsplit is a tool for man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL/TLS encrypted network connections. Connections are transparently intercepted through a network address translation engine and redirected to SSLsplit. SSLsplit terminates SSL/TLS and initiates a new SSL/TLS connection to the original destination address, while logging all data transmitted. SSLsplit is intended to be useful for network forensics and penetration testing.

        SSLsplit supports plain TCP, plain SSL, HTTP and HTTPS connections over both IPv4 and IPv6. For SSL and HTTPS connections, SSLsplit generates and signs forged X509v3 certificates on-the-fly, based on the original server certificate subject DN and subjectAltName extension. SSLsplit fully supports Server Name Indication (SNI) and is able to work with RSA, DSA and ECDSA keys and DHE and ECDHE cipher suites. Depending on the version of OpenSSL, SSLsplit supports SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2, and optionally SSL 2.0 as well. SSLsplit can also use existing certificates of which the private key is available, instead of generating forged ones. SSLsplit supports NULL-prefix CN certificates and can deny OCSP requests in a generic way. For HTTP and HTTPS connections, SSLsplit removes response headers for HPKP in order to prevent public key pinning, for HSTS to allow the user to accept untrusted certificates, and Alternate Protocols to prevent switching to QUIC/SPDY. As an experimental feature, SSLsplit supports STARTTLS mechanisms in a generic manner.

        Project details

        SSLsplit is written in C.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available

          Typical usage

          • Learning
          • Network analysis
          • Penetration testing
          • Security assessment

          SSLsplit review

          100

          mitmproxy (mitmproxy)

          Introduction

          The mitmproxy tool allows to intercept, inspect, modify, and replay traffic flows. It may be used for pentesting, troubleshooting, or learning about SSL/TLS.

          Project details

          mitmproxy is written in Python.

          Strengths and weaknesses

          • + More than 200 contributors
          • + More than 10000 GitHub stars
          • + The source code of this software is available

            Typical usage

            • Network analysis
            • Penetration testing
            • Security assessment

            mitmproxy review

            74

            Certificate Transparency

            Introduction

            HTTPS connections use cryptographic functions to provide confidentiality and integrity. It can provide features like domain validation, end-to-end encryption, and a trust chain from certificate authorities down to the end-user. Any flaws can endanger these goals, like the impersonation of a system, man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, and website spoofing. This project helps to find flaws and improve the overall security of our internet.

            Project details

            89

            Lemur

            Introduction

            With Lemur you can provide a central portal for developers and administrators to issue TLS certificates with predefined defaults.

            Lemur works on CPython 3.5 and uses the Flask framework. Another component it uses is cryptography to handle the creation of the certificates.

            Netflix develops on macOS and deploys on Ubuntu servers.

            Project details

            Lemur is written in Python.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + More than 500 GitHub stars
            • + The source code of this software is available
            • + Supported by a large company

              Typical usage

              • Certificate management

              Lemur review

              56

              MassBleed

              Introduction

              MassBleed is a SSL vulnerability scanner to check for several known vulnerabilities and attacks like DROWN, POODLE, and ShellShock.

              Project details

              MassBleed is written in Perl, Python, shell script.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + The source code of this software is available
              • - Full name of author is unknown
              • - Unknown project license

              Typical usage

              • Application security
              • Web application analysis

              MassBleed review

              97

              O-Saft

              Introduction

              O-Saft is the abbreviation for OWASP SSL advanced forensic tool.

              Project details

              O-Saft is written in Perl.

              Strengths and weaknesses

              • + The source code of this software is available

                Typical usage

                • Information gathering
                • Penetration testing
                • Security assessment
                • Vulnerability scanning
                • Web application analysis

                O-Saft review

                97

                OpenSSL

                Introduction

                This popular toolkit is used by many systems. It provides options like encryption and hashing of data, integrity testing, and digital certificates and signatures. Many software applications use the toolkit to provide support for these functions. OpenSSL also has a client utility that can be used on the command line to test, decrypt and encrypt data, and create certificates.

                Project details

                OpenSSL is written in C.

                Strengths and weaknesses

                • + The source code of this software is available
                • + Well-known library
                • - Major vulnerabilities in the past

                Typical usage

                • Certificate management
                • Data encryption

                OpenSSL review

                63

                SSLMap

                Introduction

                SSLMap uses its own SSL engine to avoid any dependencies or limitations with pre-installed libraries.

                Project details

                76

                SSLyze

                Introduction

                SSLyze provides a library for scanning services that use SSL/TLS for encrypted communications. It can be used to test their implementation.

                Project details

                60

                clinker

                Introduction

                Clinker is a tool to test SSL and TLS security for Firefox. It is an addon that shows the used cipher suites, certificates, and shows related security information of the connection itself.

                Requirements: Firefox

                Project details

                84

                pshtt

                Introduction

                Pshtt was developed to push organizations, including government departments, to adopt HTTPS across the enterprise.

                Project details

                pshtt is written in Python.

                Strengths and weaknesses

                • + More than 500 GitHub stars
                • + The source code of this software is available

                  Typical usage

                  • Security assessment
                  • Web application analysis

                  pshtt review

                  63

                  ArpON

                  Introduction

                  ArpOn protects a system by running as a daemon and guard against a Man in the Middle (MitM) attack due to ARP spoofing, cache poisoning, or an ARP poison routing attack.

                  The tool works by using three types of inspection to detect a related attack.

                  • SARPI (Static ARP Inspection), statically configured networks (without DHCP)
                  • DARPI (Dynamic ARP Inspection), dynamically configured networks (with DHCP)
                  • HARPI (Hybrid ARP Inspection), statically and dynamically configured networks (with DHCP)

                  Project details

                  ArpON is written in C.

                  Strengths and weaknesses

                  • + The source code of this software is available

                    ArpON review

                    78

                    BetterCAP

                    Introduction

                    BetterCAP is often used by those who perform penetration testing and security assessments. This tool and framework is in particular useful for attempting man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM).

                    Project details

                    BetterCAP is written in Golang.

                    Strengths and weaknesses

                    • + More than 25 contributors
                    • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
                    • + The source code of this software is available

                      Typical usage

                      • Bypassing security measures
                      • Penetration testing
                      • Security assessment

                      BetterCAP review

                      63

                      DNSChef

                      Introduction

                      DNSChef is a DNS proxy that can be used terminate or intercept traffic for DNS traffic. This might be useful during a penetration test or when researching malware and manipulate the actual DNS responses.

                      Project details

                      60

                      Nili

                      Introduction

                      This tool performs multiple types of scanning and attacks, which can be useful during penetration tests and security assignments.

                      Project details

                      Nili is written in Python.

                      Strengths and weaknesses

                      • + The source code of this software is available

                        Typical usage

                        • Network scanning
                        • Penetration testing
                        • Security assessment

                        Nili review

                        60

                        SSH MITM

                        Introduction

                        This tool would most likely be used to intercept traffic during security assessments. Plaintext passwords and session data can be intercepted with it.

                        Project details

                        SSH MITM is written in Python.

                        Strengths and weaknesses

                        • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
                        • + The source code of this software is available

                          Typical usage

                          • Password discovery
                          • Security assessment
                          • Session hijacking

                          SSH MITM review

                          64

                          Seth

                          Introduction

                          Seth is a security tool to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and extract clear text credentials from RDP connections.

                          Project details

                          Seth is written in Python, shell script.

                          Strengths and weaknesses

                          • + The source code of this software is available

                            Typical usage

                            • Penetration testing
                            • Security assessment

                            Seth review

                            70

                            sslh

                            Introduction

                            A typical use case for multiplexing is to allow serving several services on one port. Port 443 is commonly used, as that is typically opened on firewalls to allow HTTPS traffic. By multiplexing it, you can also use SSH or other services on the same port.

                            Project details

                            60

                            ZGrab

                            Introduction

                            ZGrab is a stateful application-layer scanner. It works together with ZMap and is also part of the ZMap project. ZGrab is written in Go and supports multiple protocols, including:

                            • BACNET
                            • HTTP
                            • HTTPS
                            • FTP
                            • IMAP
                            • POP3
                            • Modbus
                            • Siemens S7
                            • SMTP
                            • SSH
                            • Telnet
                            • Tridium Fox

                            Project details

                            ZGrab is written in Golang.

                            Strengths and weaknesses

                            • + The source code of this software is available

                              Typical usage

                              • Penetration testing
                              • Security assessment
                              • Vulnerability scanning

                              ZGrab review

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