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Re: VMware and pen-testing
From: "Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:05:06 -0400
M Bealby wrote:
Virtualisation is an excellent method of creating lab environments for practicing penetration testing. You mentioned you downloaded the evaluation version of VMware. Now this might be what you are referring to, but VMware Server 1.0 [1] was released for free recently and is great for this kind of testing.
<snip> I do this for testing malware. I create a small LAN on my dual Opteron Server running SuSE with 4gb RAM and Windoze guests, start the malware on one and watch it infect the other guests. Sometimes I run a *NIX and Novell guest, but they have never been infected. Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA Information Security Officer Information Systems Security infosysec.net ------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Concerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- VMware and pen-testing wymerzp (Jul 21)
- Re: VMware and pen-testing Christine Kronberg (Jul 22)
- Re: VMware and pen-testing M Bealby (Jul 22)
- Re: VMware and pen-testing Curt Purdy (Jul 24)
- Re: VMware and pen-testing Shreyas Zare (Jul 22)
- Re: VMware and pen-testing Rory Savage (Jul 24)
- RE: VMware and pen-testing Omar A. Herrera (Jul 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Re: VMware and pen-testing wymerzp (Jul 24)