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Nipper

Nipper

Nipper is a Network Infrastructure Configuration Parser. 

Nipper takes a network infrastructure device configuration, processes the file and details security-related issues with the configuration together with detailed recommendations. Nipper was previous known as CiscoParse.

Nipper supports a variety of devices from Cisco, Juniper, CheckPoint, Nortel and SonicWALL.

 Nipper

License
GNU GPL v3

Developer
Ian Ventura-Whiting

Website
nipper.titania.co.uk

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Features include:

  • Reporting
    • Can contain a security audit, detail configuration settings and include appendicies of relevent additional information
    • Supports different report formats: HTML, XML, LaTeX, and ASCII test
  • Supports a variety of different types of device from different manufacturers including:
    • Bay Networks Accelar
    • CheckPoint VPN-1/Firewall-1
    • Cisco Catalysts (IOS, CatOS and NMP)
    • Cisco Content Services Switch (CSS)
    • Cisco Routers (IOS)
    • Cisco Security Applicances (PIX, ASA and FWSM)
    • Juniper NetScreens
    • Nokia IP Firewalls
    • Notel Passports
    • SonicWALL SonicOS Firewalls
  • Security Auditing
    • Perform a security audit of a devices configuration, including checks of the network filtering, password strength, routing protocols, software versions, management services and a host of other settings
  • Device Configuration
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Last Updated Sunday, August 09 2009 @ 12:37 PM EDT


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