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Re: Windows Independant GUI
From: "Isaac Van Name" <ivanname () southerlandsleep com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:41:31 -0500
I'm a firm believer in VBScript and such, but I have to say that I still use plain old DOS to do most of the things you listed. They have a command-line reference for Windows Server 2003 that I recommend for anyone looking to do simple scripts for that OS; after all, batch files are just like typing in the CLI anyways, in most cases. One of the things I like about VBScript is the ability to send keystrokes to applications that are running. Makes for some interesting automation concepts. :-) Thanks for the link, btw. Oh, and Jason... in addition to the link given, I just did a Google search for "pen testing CLI" and saw some interesting documents... I'm sure you'll find additional information that way as well. Isaac Van Name -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Scott Ramsdell Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:57 AM To: Jason Mayer; pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Windows Independant GUI Jason, I used Microsoft's tutorial here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnancho r/html/scriptinga.asp You'll want to learn VBS, WMI, and ADSI at the least. Within a few hours, you can write scripts to map drives, copy and execute files, create local users, change the local admin password, add users from AD, add users to AD if the logged in user has the rights, change the system time, clear security logs, etc. Anything you can think of wanting to do ;) Best Regards, Scott Ramsdell -----Original Message----- From: Jason Mayer [mailto:slamboy () gmail com] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:04 PM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Windows Independant GUI And on that note, can anyone recommend a good book from a pen tester's perspective on CLI scripting? On 9/6/06, Isaac Van Name <ivanname () southerlandsleep com> wrote:
Of course, that being said, I agree with the CLI comment. I'm a firm believer in strong DOS and scripting and, if you think something can't
be
done with those two things, then you just haven't tried hard enough or learned enough. Isaac Van Name
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- Re: Windows Independant GUI, (continued)
- Re: Windows Independant GUI s-williams (Sep 05)
- RE: Windows Independant GUI Beauford, Jason (Sep 05)
- Re: Windows Independant GUI Marios A. Spinthiras (Sep 06)
- Re: Windows Independant GUI joshua barker (Sep 07)
- Re: Windows Independant GUI Santosh Shelke (Sep 07)
- RE: Windows Independant GUI Isaac Van Name (Sep 07)
- Re: Windows Independant GUI Marios A. Spinthiras (Sep 06)
- RE: Windows Independant GUI Isaac Van Name (Sep 06)
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- Re: Windows Independant GUI Jason Mayer (Sep 07)