Open Source Tools: CentralOps

CentralOps.Net is a free utility website from Hexillion and is one of those all-in-one gadget sites that no infosec person should be without.

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From a single location, outside of your own network, you can perform a whois query, a DNS lookup, a traceroute, a light service scan, and even grab the plain text of a website with an http get request.

The site also features a Browser Mirror which allows you to see what your web client may look like to a potentially malicious web server. This includes your version of Java, whether or not you allow scripting, and which quicktime version or other plugins are accessible.

There is even an applet that allows you to see if domain names are available. Go to CentralOps.Net and bookmark it. Its one of the handiest free webtools ever.