Anyone in the security field would be well advised to go over the list and investigate tools they are unfamiliar with. I discovered several powerful new tools this way. I also point newbies to this site whenever they write me saying “I don't know where to start”.
Respondents were allowed to list open source or commercial tools on any platform. Commercial tools are noted as such in the list below. No votes for the Nmap Security Scanner were counted because the survey was taken on a Nmap mailing list. This audience also biases the list slightly toward “attack” hacking tools rather than defensive ones.
Each tool is described by one ore more attributes:
 | Did not appear on the 2003 list |
 / | Popularity ranking rose / fell the given number since the 2003 survey |
 | Generally costs money. A free limited/demo/trial version may be available. |
 | Works natively on Linux |
 | Works natively on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, and/or other UNIX variants |
 | Works natively on Apple Mac OS X |
 | Works natively on Microsoft Windows |
 | Features a command-line interface |
 | Offers a GUI (point and click) interface |
 | Source code available for inspection. |
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