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/TOOLSTool Rack
A curated rack of things I reach for. Updated whenever.
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whois++
Supercharged whois — paste any ASN, IP, prefix, or domain. RDAP, BGP, DNS, geo.
dns
DNS record browser via Cloudflare DoH (A/AAAA/MX/NS/TXT/SOA).
ipcalc
ipcalc-style IPv4 + IPv6 subnet calculator, plus a split/join planner. Pure client-side.
password
Decode Cisco type 7 and Juniper $9$ passwords.
mac lookup
MAC / OUI vendor lookup. Normalizes any MAC format.
subnet-trainer
Learn IPv4 subnetting visually. Drag the mask, watch the bits move. Practice drills included.
ipv6-trainer
IPv6 at the nibble level. Slide the prefix from /0 to /128, watch the hextets. Practice drills included.
binary-trainer
See binary. Toggle bits, watch the decimal, and step through AND / OR / XOR / NOT.
hex-trainer
Read hex on sight. Nibble breakdown of hex ↔ decimal ↔ binary, with a 0–F reference.
viaduct
Modern terminal-native traceroute with ECMP multipath discovery, ASN enrichment, and a live-updating TUI.
nbor
TUI tool for discovering network neighbors via CDP and LLDP — 20 built-in themes, real-time CSV logging.
flo
TUI SNMP interface monitor with sparkline graphs, encrypted credentials, and concurrent dashboards.
wiremap
Network topology discovery and assessment tool — recursive BFS crawling, multi-vendor support, and automated reports.
dotfiles
Modular macOS/Linux dotfiles — Zsh, Neovim (NVChad), Tmux, Starship, 25+ utility scripts.
fdm-snmp
Cisco FDM API script for SNMP configuration changes.
asa-audit
Audit ACEs and unused configuration items on Cisco ASA.
pfx2pem
Convert PFX certificates to PEM + Key format.
tm
Interactive tmux session manager with colorful TUI and a keybinding cheat sheet parser.
BGP.Tools
Modern BGP analytics — real-time routing data, AS insights, and graphical traceroute.
BGP Hurricane Electric
Classic BGP toolkit — looking glass, route analysis, prefix reports, ASN search.
RIPEstat
All-in-one BGP / network info — prefix history, hijack alerts, abuse contacts, geolocation.
IRR Explorer
Cross-IRR lookup for route objects — find conflicts, RPKI mismatches, missing entries.
PeeringDB
Interconnection database for networks, IXPs, and facilities. Source of truth for peering.
BGPlay (RIPE)
Animated BGP route changes over time. The clearest way to see a hijack or convergence event.
RPKI ROA Planner
Internet2 tool for sketching ROA changes before you commit them in your RIR portal. Catches bad MaxLength choices early.
RPKI ASPA Planner
Internet2 tool for planning ASPA entries before publishing in your RIR portal.
NIST RPKI Monitor
Global ROV deployment dashboard. Useful for tracking how operators actually behave with invalid routes.
Routinator web UI
RIPE-hosted Routinator instance. Quick way to spot-check a prefix without standing up your own validator.
Cloudflare RPKI portal
Cloudflare's hosted validator. Spot-check any prefix against the global RPKI repository.
rpki-client console
OpenBSD rpki-client team's hosted console for inspecting current RPKI repository state.
PacketVis BGP/RPKI Monitoring
BGP and RPKI monitoring with hijack alerting. Free tier covers most operator use cases.
BGP Filter Guide
NLNOG reference for the router policy patterns to actually use once you have RPKI validation in place.
Cisco Crosswork Cloud
BGP monitoring and hijack alerting — this is what became of BGPmon after the OpenDNS/Cisco acquisitions. Now paywalled.
NLNOG Looking Glass
Looking glass across the NLNOG Ring — global BGP visibility from hundreds of probes.
HE Super Looking Glass
Hurricane Electric's aggregated multi-source looking glass — combines several Tier-1 vantage points in one view.
Lumen Looking Glass
AS3356 looking glass — formerly Level 3 / CenturyLink. Massive Tier-1 visibility.
NTT GIN Looking Glass
AS2914 looking glass — NTT's global IP network. One of the largest Tier-1 perspectives.
Cogent Looking Glass
AS174 looking glass — Cogent's global backbone. Useful for any peering dispute discussion.
Arelion (Twelve99) Looking Glass
AS1299 looking glass — Arelion / Twelve99 (formerly Telia Carrier). Strong European + transatlantic view.
Deutsche Telekom Looking Glass
AS3320 looking glass — DT's IP backbone. Strong central + eastern Europe perspective.
Zayo Looking Glass
AS6461 looking glass — large North American backbone. Good complement to the Tier-1s.
Hurricane Electric Looking Glass
AS6939 raw looking glass — separate from bgp.he.net. The largest Tier-2 by route count.
RouteViews
Oregon project archive of global BGP route data from worldwide collectors. The historical record.
traceroute.org
Index of public traceroute sources from around the world. Old but still the canonical list.
Shodan
Internet-connected device search engine and security scanner.
NetworkCalc
Suite of network calculators, DNS tools, and monitoring APIs.
DNS Checker
Global DNS propagation checker from 20+ locations.
MX Toolbox
MX record lookup, blacklist check, SMTP diagnostics.
SSL Labs
Deep SSL/TLS server configuration analysis.
TCPDump101
Visual packet capture filter builder for tcpdump syntax.
Traceroute Online
Visual traceroute with interactive network path maps.
Wireshark Tools
OUI lookup, IPv4/IPv6 connectivity tests, capture filters.
KeyCDN Tools
HTTP/2 test, performance check, traceroute from global PoPs.
Speed Test (Cloudflare)
Network quality test measuring latency, jitter, and throughput.
IP Geolocation
IP location, timezone, currency, and threat intelligence lookup.
Association and Roaming
Interactive frame-by-frame reference for Wi-Fi association and roaming — WPA2/WPA3, 802.1X, SAE, OWE, FT/OKC. By Johnathan Davis.
MCS Index Table
The MCS-to-data-rate table for 802.11n/ac/ax. Every combination of streams, channel width, and guard interval.
UISP Design Center
Ubiquiti's outdoor link planner — path profiles, Fresnel clearance, and throughput estimates on real terrain data.
WiFi AirTime Calculator
Gjermund Raaen's downloadable spreadsheet that visualizes TXOP airtime for 802.11a/n/ac/ax frames, down to the microsecond.
Zytrax Wireless Calculators
Old-school page of RF math — free space loss, Fresnel zones, EIRP, dB conversions. Ugly and reliable.
WiGLE
Crowdsourced map of wireless networks worldwide. Wardriving data since 2001.
QiFi
WiFi QR code generator that runs entirely in your browser — your PSK never leaves the page.
netlab
Virtual networking labs made easy — spin up multi-vendor topologies with a single command.
tailscale
Zero-config WireGuard-based mesh VPN that just works.
Security Onion
Free and open platform for threat hunting, network security monitoring, and log management.
secure_cartography
Network discovery and topology mapping via SSH-based device interrogation.
netbox-docker
Docker deployment for NetBox — the leading open-source IPAM and DCIM tool.
Loop
Elegant macOS window management with radial menu and keyboard shortcuts.
omarchy
Beautiful, modern, and opinionated Linux desktop setup from Basecamp.
SecLists
The security tester's companion — wordlists for fuzzing, passwords, usernames, and more.
hagezi dns-blocklists
DNS blocklists for ad-blocking, tracking protection, and malware filtering.
ntc-templates
TextFSM templates for parsing CLI output from network devices.
bat
cat with syntax highlighting, git integration, and paging.
eza
Modern ls with colors, icons, git status, and tree view.
ripgrep
Blazingly fast recursive grep that respects .gitignore.
fd
User-friendly find alternative — fast, colorized, smart defaults.
zoxide
Smarter cd that learns your directory habits.
dust
Intuitive du with visual disk usage breakdown.
procs
Modern ps with color, search, filtering, and tree view.
dog
dig with color, DNS-over-TLS, and DNS-over-HTTPS support.
sd
Intuitive sed alternative for find-and-replace.
prettyping
Colorful, compact ping output with live graph.
git-delta
Beautiful syntax-highlighting pager for git diffs and grep.
mtr
Combines traceroute + ping for continuous path analysis.
gping
Graphical ping — live latency graph in the terminal.
trippy
Network diagnostic combining traceroute + ping with TUI.
nmap
The gold standard for network discovery and security auditing.
httpie
Human-friendly HTTP client for API testing.
curl
The Swiss army knife of data transfer.
arp-scan
ARP-based network discovery and fingerprinting tool.
bandwhich
Terminal bandwidth utilization by process, connection, and host.
iftop
Real-time interface bandwidth display — top for network traffic.
ipcalc
The classic IPv4/IPv6 subnet calculator for the CLI.
iperf3
Network throughput measurement between two endpoints.
ipinfo
IP address geolocation, ASN lookup, and bulk queries from the terminal.
masscan
The fastest port scanner — scans the entire internet in under 5 minutes.
tcpdump
The packet capture and analysis Swiss army knife.
socat
Multipurpose network relay — netcat on steroids.
wireguard-tools
Fast, modern VPN tunnel configuration and management.
speedtest-cli
Ookla Speedtest from the command line.
rdap
Modern WHOIS replacement using the RDAP protocol.
testssl.sh
Comprehensive SSL/TLS testing from the command line — ciphers, protocols, vulnerabilities.
aircrack-ng
WiFi security auditing suite — capture, analyze, and test wireless networks.
nikto
Web server vulnerability scanner with 7,000+ checks.
gobuster
Directory, DNS, and vhost brute-forcing tool written in Go.
certbot
Let's Encrypt certificate automation — free HTTPS for everyone.
mkcert
Make locally-trusted development certificates with zero config.
fzf
Command-line fuzzy finder — search files, history, processes.
tmux
Terminal multiplexer for persistent, split-pane sessions.
starship
Minimal, fast, customizable prompt for any shell.
lazygit
Terminal UI for git — stage, commit, rebase visually.
jq
Lightweight command-line JSON processor and query tool.
yq
YAML/XML/TOML processor — like jq but for structured configs.
tldr
Community-driven man pages with practical examples.
btop
Beautiful resource monitor — CPU, memory, disk, network.
ncdu
Disk usage analyzer with interactive TUI.
neovim
Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor.
NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim config with beautiful UI and 40+ plugins out of the box.
ghostty
Fast, native terminal emulator with GPU rendering and zero config needed.
atuin
Magical shell history — sync, search, and stats across machines.
git-delta
Beautiful syntax-highlighting pager for git diffs and grep.
gum
Charm toolkit for glamorous, interactive shell scripts.
yazi
Blazing fast terminal file manager with image preview.
topgrade
One command to upgrade everything — brew, pip, cargo, npm, and more.
grex
Generate regular expressions from test cases automatically.
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