Free local network software for linux

Noname Network provides a powerful file-sharing network.

The Noname network is a gnutella-based network that features a different and more flexible protocol. The client and network currently support filesharing, but the protocol can be extended to support more features.

My Network Catalog is an indexing engine that allows Windows shares (or Samba shares) to be bound together over a local network.

My Network Catalog allows an easy centralized search of all the files available over the network.

Multi Network Firewall is the up-to-date Mandriva Linux security solution dedicated to the business world. Maximum innovation, performance and scalability is only a click away thanks to an easy-to-use web interface.
Combining firewall, Intrusion Detection System and VPN functionality, MNF 2 is the ultimate full-featured security solution meeting all your demands. Furthermore, to make your network even more secure, benefit from a year of free updates through Mandriva Online Pro!
Main features:
- a firewall, to protect your computer network from unauthorized access (filtering).
- Intrusion Detection System, to alert you to abnormal network activity.
- Virtual Private Network, to enable a secure private tunnel over public networks.
- Proxy server, to intercept all web traffic entering the network.
- DHCP server, to enable the automatic configuration of new machines connected to the LAN.
- Caching DNS, to provide a local DNS service for computers connected to the LAN.
New Featurs:
As well as the existing IPSec, MNF2 provides 2 other types of VPN:
PPTP: a desktop under Windows(R) can be automatically connected without installing any special software
OpenVPN: a lighter open source VPN; Compattible with Linux, Mac OS and Windows
Bonding: Channel combines several network interfaces into a single connection. Effectively, it means that data transfer speeds can be multiplied.
Bridging: this new function enables the administrator to build bridges between network interfaces.
Traffic shaping: You can regulate the flow of traffic on your network just by clicking on a wizard.
Network mapping: Makes it possible to connect networks which use the same private network addresses
Peer-to-Peer Filtering: MNF2 automatically blocks network traffic from "Fast Track" peer-to-peer clients.
Better software support
2.6 Linux Kernel
Better hardware support
Improved support for multiple network cards (up to 10)
Wi-Fi Support
Better ADSL support
Services included in the product
Mandriva Online Pro: benefit from updates for one year through Mandriva Online Pro
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Local Data Manager (LDM) is a collection of cooperating programs that select, capture, manage, and distribute arbitrary data products.
The system is designed for event-driven data distribution, and is currently used in the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) project. The LDM system includes network client and server programs and their shared protocols.
An important characteristic of the LDM is its support for flexible, site-specific configuration.
Enhancements:
- Fixes for timestamp bugs.

Ruby Iptables NEtwork Displayer project draws an SVG from a Linux IP table generated by "iptables-save".

Network Simulator (Ns) is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research. Ns provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and multicast protocols over wired and wireless (local and satellite) networks.
Ns began as a variant of the REAL network simulator in 1989 and has evolved substantially over the past few years. In 1995 ns development was supported by DARPA through the VINT project at LBL, Xerox PARC, UCB, and USC/ISI.
Currently ns development is support through DARPA with SAMAN and through NSF with CONSER, both in collaboration with other researchers including ACIRI. Ns has always included substantal contributions from other researchers, including wireless code from the UCB Daedelus and CMU Monarch projects and Sun Microsystems.
Enhancements:
- Major updates were made to the PackMime-HTTP HTTP/1.1 and WPAN modules.
- Solaris/Sun C compilation bugs were fixed.

Deep Network Analyzer is an flexible, open and extensible deep network analyzer (software server) and architecture for gathering and analyzing network packets, network sessions and applications protocols, passively off enterprise class networks.
DNA is designed to be used for Internet Security, Intrusion detection, Network Management, Protocol and Network Analysis, Information Gathering, Network Monitoring applications.
DNA runs as a distributed application under a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) environment and is portable across many OS environments, including: Network appliances, Switches and Routers.
Main features:
- Deep packet and session processing (layers 2-7)
- Configurable processing and output:
- Layer 4 Packet flows
- Layer 4-7 Stateful Sessions flows (client/server flow pairs)
- Layer 7 Packet and Session Application protocol Parsing (HTTP, DNS, P2P, VoIP, etc)
- Application protocol parsing toolkit enables easy devlopment of new new protocol parsers.
- Support for both symmetric and asymmetric routing links.
- Targeting based full session capture facility, like a real time targeted TCPDump.
- Flexible targeting from IP address, port tuple to application sensitive targeting.
- Configurable and extensible output adaptor utilizing OpenAdaptor able to send output to a varity of resources including: Flat file, Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, Sybase, Sockets, JMS, RMI, WebService.
- Extensible real time collection engine portable across many OS/Packet processing environment :
- Specialized linux drivers mechanisms
- Network Appliances
- Network Switches / Routers
- Highly paralleliszed for increased performance over multi processor environment
- System metadata dictionary externalizes processing type definition
Enhancements:
- Adoption of OpenAdaptor(tm) as the Output Adapter mechanism.
- Support for local-only administration.
- A new targeted packet capture parser, new run scripts, and a new install mechanism.
- Many bugfixes.

JagoClient project is a viewer for the board game Go.
JagoClient is a Java-based SGF (Smart Go Format) and Go XML viewer, IGS (Internet Go Server) client, and a point-to-point Go player client.
It can also be used as a front end to GNUgo to play Go against the computer. It can run as an applet or as an application.
Main features:
- IGS client for TCP/IP connections (such as Ether net, Win Sockets or PPP dialup).
- Configurable automatic login using name and password.
- Graphical user interface for game lists and user lists.
- Game status, peek (includes all moves), and observer windows.
- Game variants can be edited while observing or playing.
- A local game viewer, which can read and write the Smart Go Format (SGF), as well as games stored in XML format. It can be used locally as a standalone program or in a browser to display games on the server. Some Features:
- Hierarchical game tree with variants.
- Marks, letters and removals of stones.
- A big comment window.
- True color wooden board and shiny stones with shadows available, completely resizable.
- Point to point Go protocol using a TCP/IP connection allowing to play games without any server. Some Features:
- Chat window.
- Accurate Timings of moves.
- Store and reload games, when the connection breaks down.
- You can create a local network of available players.
- International Support. JagoClient can use code pages to send local characters to the server, as well as international menus and help texts (thanks to Masamitsu Junji). Current languages are German, English, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and Italian. (Preview)
- Rich Features. Sound, Command history, on-line help, multiple connections, editable board colors, fonts and dialog colors and much more.
- Connects to computer oppenents. JagoClient can play against programs, which support the Go Modem Protocol, such as GnuGo under Linux or Windows.