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Re: delving deeper
From: GuidoZ <uberguidoz () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 01:50:55 -0500
I'll just skip over the sarcastic comments. lol
Downloaded a copy today (haven't burned it yet) but the MD5 hash was good (thanks MD5Summer). It does sound cool, does it have all the apps that Security Auditor has tho.
It's not a "complete, full solution" security CD like the others, but rather it seems to focus strictly on pen-testing. The amount of included ready-to-go exploits are impressive, plus Nessus (with update script) runs smooth as silk. With a simple Internet connection, you can have Nessus completely updated and ready to scan in minutes (from a cold machine). I'm still amazed by the hardware detection - it does better then Knoppix v3.7. (I did finally get Knoppix v3.7 going and it still doesn't recognize my 1GB I-Stick. WHoppix does without a hitch - it's what I'm using for my persistant home.) It's not something you'll want to rely solely on for all your security needs, but if you plan on doing pen-testing, take a copy and speed things up. ;) -- Peace. ~G On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:53:20 -0600, Todd Towles <toddtowles () brookshires com> wrote:
GuidoZ wrote:(O_o) New version? Mmmm, two of my favorite words. (Oh, that's Mr. UberGuidoZ to you "DJ". =P )That is Mr. DJU, shhh don't tell people I am a DJ. =)Doh! I have (and was using) v2.5 - maybe I read wrong. (I thought it said it was based on v3.6). Maybe it was v2.4. No matter - the I-Stick works on Whoppix, just not Knoppix. And whatever version I had was based on Knoppix v3.6, so it confused the hell outta me.Umm, so what is new? =)Whoppix shows promise to be a very full-featured pen-testing kit. Assuming it's kept up to date, it would be another CD I carry with me on the job, and advise others to do. Something else I appreciated - Java/Flash support right out of the box. Trivial to fix I know, but it's nice to not have to do it. ;)Downloaded a copy today (haven't burned it yet) but the MD5 hash was good (thanks MD5Summer). It does sound cool, does it have all the apps that Security Auditor has tho. -Todd
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- delving deeper Chris Benedict (Dec 14)
- Re: delving deeper xyberpix (Dec 14)
- Re: delving deeper Jacob Weeks (Dec 14)
- Re: delving deeper Jose Costa (Dec 14)
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- Re: delving deeper bart2k (Dec 15)
- RE: delving deeper David Taylor (Dec 15)
- Re: delving deeper GuidoZ (Dec 20)
- Re: delving deeper GuidoZ (Dec 21)
- Re: delving deeper GuidoZ (Dec 22)
- Re: delving deeper xyberpix (Dec 14)