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DNS-OARC/dnsperf

Moved to https://codeberg.org/DNS-OARC/dnsperf

Archived

Stack

GitHub topics

#dns #performance

Updated: 2026-02-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-08-22
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

478

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 394 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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benjojo/bgp-battleships

Play battleships using BGP

Stack

GitHub topics

#bgp #built-at-rc #comedy

Updated: 2018-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-14
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

446

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cmpxchg16/gobench

HTTP/HTTPS load testing and benchmarking tool

Stack

Updated: 2023-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-22
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 21 open

442

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 42 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mozilla/ssl-config-generator

Archived Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator . The code now lives at https://github.com/tlsref/configurator

Archived

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-16
History: 3 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

438

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mechpen/sockdump

Dump unix domain socket traffic with bpf

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#bcc #ebpf #packet-capture #tcpdump #unix-domain-socket

Updated: 2026-04-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-26
History: 3 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 5 open

433

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gildasio/h2t

h2t (HTTP Hardening Tool) scans a website and suggests security headers to apply

Stack

Python pip

GitHub topics

#defense #hardening #headers #http #security #web-application-security

Updated: 2026-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-02-26
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

410

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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packetfu/packetfu

PacketFu, a mid-level packet manipulation library for Ruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2023-06-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-08-12
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 33 open

393

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Sahith02/machine-learning-algorithms

A curated list of all machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms grouped by category.

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#classification #deep-learning #deep-learning-algorithms #deep-learning-tutorial #implementation #implementation-of-algorithms

Updated: 2022-02-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-26
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

384

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 8 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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proabiral/inception

A highly configurable Framework for easy automated web scanning

Stack

HTML

Updated: 2020-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-09
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 13 open

383

stars

Forks: 68
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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trimstray/mkchain

Open source tool to help you build a valid SSL certificate chain.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#certificates #chain #openssl #openssl-certs #ssl-cert #ssl-certificate-chain

Updated: 2024-11-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-28
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

381

stars

Forks: 52
Commits: 514 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ksanchezcld/Hacking_Cheat_Sheet

All my Hacking|Pentesting Notes

Stack

PHP

Updated: 2016-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-22
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

368

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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juice-shop/multi-juicer

Host and manage multiple Juice Shop instances for security trainings and Capture The Flags

Stack

TypeScript React Tailwind CSS Vite Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#capture-the-flag #ctf-platform #hacking #hacktoberfest #juice-shop #kubernetes

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-10
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

322

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 1,616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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RaymiiOrg/cipherli.st

Ciplerli.st - strong ciphers for NGINX, Apache and Lighttpd

Archived

Stack

HTML

Updated: 2020-01-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-30
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

312

stars

Forks: 124
Commits: 239 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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vedetta-com/vedetta

OpenBSD Router Boilerplate

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#boilerplate #dns-server #firewall #gateway #http-server #ipv4

Updated: 2019-07-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-12
History: 3 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 2 open

295

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 449 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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x-way/iptables-tracer

Insert trace-points into the running configuration to observe the path of packets through the iptables chains.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#golang #iptables #iptables-tracer #netfilter #nflog

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-04
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

294

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 432 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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peikk0/tmux-cssh

ClusterSSH with tmux -- mirror of https://gitlab.com/peikk0/tmux-cssh

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#clusterssh #cssh #ssh #tmux

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-18
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

276

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 46 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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NanXiao/strace-little-book

A little book which introduces strace.

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2019-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-16
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 0 open

266

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 7 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

opendns/Security_Ninjas_AppSec_Training

OpenDNS application security training program

Stack

Groff

Updated: 2021-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-04
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 6 open

235

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 23 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bl4de/research

Bug Bounty writeups, Vulnerability Research, Tutorials, Tips&Tricks

Stack

JavaScript

GitHub topics

#bugbounty #burp #burpsuite #hacking #itsecurity #javascript

Updated: 2024-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-12
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

212

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 300 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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incredibleindishell/CORS-vulnerable-Lab

Sample vulnerable code and its exploit code

Stack

PHP

GitHub topics

#cors #cors-vulnerability #cors-vulnerable-lab #vulnerable-app

Updated: 2021-03-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-18
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

190

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 19 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jwbensley/Etherate

Linux CLI Ethernet and MPLS Testing Tool

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #ethernet #linux #mpls #network-analysis #packet-crafting

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-14
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

190

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 130 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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google/ctfscoreboard

Scoreboard for Capture The Flag competitions.

Archived

Stack

Python Flask pip

GitHub topics

#ctf #ctf-scoreboard #scoreboard

Updated: 2022-06-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-09
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 68 open

173

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 696 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gvb84/pbscan

Faster and more efficient stateless SYN scanner and banner grabber due to userland TCP/IP stack usage.

Stack

GitHub topics

#fast #libuinet #nmap #port-scanner #security-scanner #security-tools

Updated: 2018-02-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-18
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

170

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Santandersecurityresearch/asvs

A simple web app that helps developers understand the ASVS requirements. Now supporting ASVS 5.0

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework pip

GitHub topics

#asvs #django #marbles #owasp

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-04
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

168

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

installation/rkhunter

Rootkit Hunter install script

Archived

Stack

Shell

Updated: 2013-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-28
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

156

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

securitum/research

research

Stack

JavaScript Maven npm

Updated: 2024-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-09
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

151

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jamesward/kubernetes-the-easy-way

Bootstrap Kubernetes the easy way on Google Cloud Platform. No scripts.

Updated: 2021-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-07-07
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 0 open

142

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 305 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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brainsmoke/ptrace-burrito

a friendly wrapper around ptrace

Stack

GitHub topics

#dynamic-analysis #ptrace #systems

Updated: 2022-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-04
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

136

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 89 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

amolnaik4/bodhi

Bodhi - Client-side Vulnerability Playground

Stack

HTML Flask pip

Updated: 2021-06-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-10
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

123

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 6 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

dnsdb/dnsdbq

DNSDB API Client, C Version

Stack

Updated: 2026-05-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-19
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

114

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 396 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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