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Re: Bootable CD Attack disk
From: Lucien Fransman <lucien.fransman () irc2 nl>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:25:51 +0100
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:49, Levenglick, Jeff wrote: snipsnipnip Auditor and backtrack are among the best live "attack" distros. Phlak seems to be thebest known in certain "circles". pentoo and nubuntu are upcoming distros that show a lot of promise What I've been wondering about lately is that, when you install these to disk, updating the whole distribution (if it is possible) seems to break most of the functionality. Updating the toolchain isn't much of a problem, but updating the OS seems to be nearly impossible for most of these (mind you, i haven't tested pentoo yet.) There seems to be a lot of focus on running the kit as root (which is horrible if you want to create a "attacking host" somewhere in your network), which is understandable from the live distro point of view. One of the positive things about aditor, iwhax and backtrack is that they contain the "proper" menustructure, where the menu follows the general structure of a pentest (discovery, enumeration .....) On my personal wishlist would be a "near ready" distro containing all the proper tools that is harddisk installable and easily (or automagically) updated. Of course I can do this myself, but it would be nice if it all came bundled within one single distro :) Kind regards Enchanter_tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Bootable CD Attack disk Kyle Maxwell (Feb 22)
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- RE: Bootable CD Attack disk Nicholas Fanelli (Feb 21)
- RE: Bootable CD Attack disk Kirk Greene (Feb 21)
- RE: Bootable CD Attack disk Pitts, Darryl (Feb 21)
- RE: Bootable CD Attack disk Levenglick, Jeff (Feb 21)
- Re: Bootable CD Attack disk Lucien Fransman (Feb 22)
- Re: RE: Bootable CD Attack disk arthurjspencer (Feb 22)
- RE: Bootable CD Attack disk ROB DIXON (Feb 22)