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Re: VMWare and which linux distro?
From: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 18:00:48 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Martin [iso-8859-2] Maèok wrote:
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 04:15:49PM -0500, Maxime Rousseau wrote:I think a good portion of you guys use a VMWare-Linux setup when doing pen-test (for many reasons). The question i would like to ask is, which linux distribution works best for this specific purpose ?I do not which is the best, but you should consult the list of officially supported Linux host operating systems: http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_specs.html
Which, with the recent posts on this seems to indicate it all depends upon how well one knows their particular favorite linux dist, as some posters have indicated distros that are not on the upported list working fine and some on the supported list not working for them. So, for production oriented systems, folks will perhaps do best in sticking to a dist they know well and may wish to work offline, or non-production with something new, till they get comfortable with it. Pretty much the standard for how to choose the OS for a firewall or specific server need, use what one knows. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- RE: legal documents, (continued)
- RE: legal documents Micheal Thompson (Jan 07)
- VMWare and which linux distro? Maxime Rousseau (Jan 07)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Steve Kemp (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Christopher Downs (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? mike (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Eric Wilson (Jan 08)
- RE: VMWare and which linux distro? Karmil Asgarally (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? amine (Jan 08)
- RE: VMWare and which linux distro? Christoph Strizik (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Martin Mačok (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? R. DuFresne (Jan 09)
- RE: VMWare and which linux distro? Pete Herzog (Jan 18)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Roger A. Grimes (Jan 19)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Martin Mačok (Jan 19)
- VMWare and which linux distro? Maxime Rousseau (Jan 07)
- RE: legal documents Micheal Thompson (Jan 07)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? circut (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? Nathan R. Valentine (Jan 08)
- Re: VMWare and which linux distro? John Davis (Jan 08)