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ideal OS distro for network scanning?
From: offset <offset () svcroot net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:58:23 +0200
Greetings, Looking for information on network mapping relative performance and accuracy between different opensource OS distributions (ie. linux based (fedora, redhat), bsd based (openbsd, freebsd)). I like OpenBSD's security paranoia (dont want the scanner being compromised), but I also understand that linux can be hardened as well, so my second concern is the underlying OS skewing the results of a network scan and the ability for the OS to stay out of the way of the scan results. Regards and thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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- ideal OS distro for network scanning? offset (Jan 15)
- Re: ideal OS distro for network scanning? Andrew Simmons (Jan 15)
- RE: ideal OS distro for network scanning? Lyal Collins (Jan 18)
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- RE: ideal OS distro for network scanning? Michael Scheidell (Jan 15)
- Re: ideal OS distro for network scanning? wrhaynes (Jan 15)
- Re: ideal OS distro for network scanning? Pete Herzog (Jan 16)