=================================================== Essential NetTools™ v.3.2 Copyright © 1998-2003 TamoSoft, Inc. =================================================== August 12, 2003 ======== Contents ======== * About Essential NetTools * System Requirements * Installing Essential NetTools * Uninstalling Essential NetTools * Ordering * What's New * Contacting Us * Other Products by TamoSoft * Credits ======================== About Essential NetTools ======================== Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. It's a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful network tools for everyday use. It includes: * NetStat: displays the list of your computer's inbound and outbound network connections, including the information on open TCP and UDP ports, IP address, and connection states. What makes it different from other NetStat utilities is the ability to map open ports to the owning application. (This feature is available under Windows NT/2000/XP.) * NBScan: a powerful and fast NetBIOS scanner. NBScan can scan a network within a given range of IP addresses and list computers offering NetBIOS resource-sharing service, as well as their name tables and MAC addresses. Unlike the standard nbtstat utility supplied with Windows, this tool provides a graphical user interface and easy management of the lmhosts file and features parallel scanning, which allows checking a class C network in less than one minute. NBScan can facilitate routine tasks often carried out by system integrators, administrators, and analysts. * PortScan: an advanced TCP port scanner that allows you to scan your network for active ports. This tool features both conventional (full connect) and stealth (half-open) scanning modes. * Shares: monitors and logs external connections to your computer's shared resources, lists local shares, as well as provides a quick and easy way to connect to remote resources that gives Windows 98/Me users NT user-level connectivity features. Unlike Windows NT, Windows 98/Me has no user-level connectivity after the boot: you can specify a password, but not a username. This tool allows you to set both a username and a password. * SysFiles: a convenient editor for the five important system files: services, protocol, networks, hosts, and lmhosts. * NetAudit (NetBIOS Auditing Tool): allows you to perform various security checks on your network and/or individual computers offering the NetBIOS file sharing service. This tool can help you identify potential security flaws. * RawSocket: provides you with the ability to establish low-level TCP and UDP connections to troubleshoot and test different networking services. Multi-color output and a convenient interface make it a great tool for every network administrator or computer programmer. * TraceRoute and Ping: these familiar utilities featuring customizable options and a convenient results presentation allow you to explore the Internet and troubleshoot connectivity problems. * NSLookup: allows you to convert IP addresses to hostnames and vice versa, obtain aliases, and perform advanced DNS queries, such as MX or CNAME. * ProcMon: displays the list of running processes with full information on the program location, manufacturer, process ID, and the loaded modules. With this tool, you can identify hidden applications, kill running processes, and manage the usage of your PC's resources more effectively. Other features include report generation in HTML, text, and comma delimited formats; quick IP address sharing between different tools; a comprehensive System Summary window; and a customizable interface. =================== System Requirements =================== * Pentium 75 CPU * Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0 SP5/2000/XP/Server 2003 * 32 MB RAM * 5 MB of free disk space ============================= Installing Essential NetTools ============================= * Unzip the ZIP archive to a temporary folder. * Double-click setup.exe to execute it. * Setup will guide you through the rest of the installation process. =============================== Uninstalling Essential NetTools =============================== * Choose Uninstall from the Essential NetTools program group. OR: * Open the Windows Control Panel. * Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon. * Search the list for the item "Essential NetTools" and double-click on it. ======== Ordering ======== This program is a 30-day evaluation version. A single user license costs $29. As a registered customer, you are entitled to: * Fully functional, unrestricted copy of the software. * Free updates that will be released within 1 year from the date of purchase. * Information on updates and new products. * Free technical support. We accept credit cards orders, orders by phone and fax, checks, and wire transfers. Prices, terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice, please check our web site for the latest product offerings and prices: http://www.tamos.com/order/ ========== What's New ========== Version 3.2 * A new System Summary window provides you with very detailed information on your computer. * Improved logging that allows you to log only new connections or processed in NetStat and ProcMon. * Ping is now capable of pinging a range of IP addresses. * New Quick Launch and Windows Tools menu items can be used to launch your favorite applications and access many commonly used Windows tools from one place. * Raw UDP connections are now supported in addition to TCP. * New connections are highlighted in NetStat. * Local shared resources are now listed in Shares. * SysFiles - a new tool that allows you to easily edit five important system files: services, protocol, networks, hosts, and lmhosts. * Multilingual interface. Version 3.1 * PortScan - a new tool for TCP port scanning. * User-defined filters in NetStat. * You can terminate TCP connections established by other applications. * The program can automatically generate NetStat and ProcMon logs. * A few other improvements. Version 3.0 * A new, improved interface. * Ready for Windows XP (tested with Release Candidate 1). * NetStat now maps open ports and connections to the owning application (Windows NT/2000/XP only). * New tools: TraceRoute, Ping, NSLookup, and Process Monitor. Version 2.2 * You can now scan Class B networks with NBScan (registered version only). Version 2.1 * NBScan now lists MAC addresses. * With NBScan you can scan multiple LAN segments preserving the previous scans' results. * CSV (comma-delimited) format is available when saving NBScan reports. * LMHosts allows you to specify a #DOM tag. * A new TCP Raw Connect tool has been added. * The interface font can be customized. * A few bugs fixed in NBScan. Version 2.02 * You can now add the whole NBScan list to the lmhosts file with one mouse click. * When you use the DNS tool to resolve a hostname, you can send the obtained IP address to NBScan or NetAudit using the context menu. * Computer names containing spaces and special characters are now added to the lmhosts file in the correct format. * Multiple record selection is allowed when working with the lmhosts file. Version 2.01 * This version fixes a few bugs in HTML report generation found in the previous version of the program. Version 2.0 * Essential NetTools version 2.0 has undergone a major re-design and introduces the following new features and enhancements: * The source code was re-written from scratch. The new version is much more compact and works faster. * New NetStat tool that displays TCP and UDP connection information. * New Watch tool that monitors external connections to your computer. * New convenient LMHosts editor. * Now opens remote computers with one mouse click. * HTML report generation for NetAudit. * Many other new nice features. ============= Contacting Us ============= Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't hesitate to contact us. WWW: http://www.tamos.com E-mail: support@tamos.com ========================== Other Products by TamoSoft ========================== CommTraffic™ CommTraffic is a network utility for collecting, processing, and displaying traffic and network utilization statistics for network connections, including LAN and dial-up. It shows traffic and network utilization statistics for each computer in the segment. The software provides a very attractive and customizable interface, with an optional tray icon menu that displays general network statistics. You can also generate reports that reflect the network traffic volume and Internet connection expenses (if any). CommTraffic supports virtually any rate plan your ISP might use, such as the one based on connection time, traffic volume, time of the day, and other measures. You can set alarms, that will inform you when certain criteria (e.g. amount of traffic, expenses) are reached. A configuration wizard will guide you through the setup and automatically detect your network or connection settings. CommView® CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections and vital IP statistics and examine individual packets. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with full analysis of the most widespread protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided in real time. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going through one's PC or LAN segment. DigiSecret® DigiSecret is an easy-to-use, secure, and powerful application for file encryption and sharing. It utilizes strong and time-proven encryption algorithms for creating encrypted archives, self-extracting EXE files, and sharing files with your associates and friends. DigiSecret also includes powerful and intelligent file compression; you no longer need .zip files when you can have encrypted and compressed DigiSecret files. The program is integrated with the Windows shell, and you can perform operations on files by right-clicking on them. It also fully supports drag-and-drop operations. SmartWhois® SmartWhois is a handy utility for obtaining information about any IP address, hostname, or domain in the world. Unlike standard whois utilities, it automatically delivers information associated with an IP address or domain no matter where it is registered geographically. In just a few seconds, you get all you want to know about a user: domain, network name, country, state or province, and city. Even if the IP address cannot be resolved to a hostname, SmartWhois won't fail! You can learn more about these products at http://www.tamos.com/products/ ======= Credits ======= This program contains software licensed from Walied Othman.