In "Technologies Bridging the Gap", we explore at two technologies that are crucial to keeping your remote house in order--network-protocol analyzers and remote-access and control software--and compare commercial offerings with their open-source counterparts. For both product groups, we were pleasantly surprised at how well the commercial and open-source feature lists compared. Far from being underpowered and limited to just a few options, the open-source products held their own, especially for shops with strong networking know-how. Large sites with extensive feature requirements may need to cough up the cash for commercial offerings.
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