Re: OS to know.

[Cory Stoker <cory () clearnetsec com>]

Most tools are available for Mac OS X as well since it is similar to  
BSD.  The main suspects all run without any issues that I know of.

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Cory Stoker
ClearNet Security

On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:03 AM, David Gillett wrote:

>   Some of the tools that make my job much easier are only
> available on Linux....
>   There's probably no reason Windows or Mac versions couldn't
> be written, except that nobody has done it (well) yet.
>
> David Gillett
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ramki B [mailto:bramkie () gmail com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:33 PM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: OS to know.
> >
> >
> > Most of the Security personel use Linux, in fact their
> > laptops have a Linux partition for this purpose (even
> > Microsoft guys do this, I have seen couple of them).
> >
> > But I have always wanted to know why linux is prefered?
> >
> > Ramki
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Williams [mailto:ibmros () hotmail com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:42 AM
> > > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > > Subject: OS to know.
> > >
> > > I am a graduate student at George Mason University
> > obtaining my MS in
> >
> > > Information Security and Assurance. What operating system
> > is used more
> >
> > > for security administration in the private sector versus the
> > > government sector?
> > > Pretty much I would like to know what operating system I
> > should focus
> >
> > > on if I wanted to pursue a government career in security or if I
> > > wanted to purse a career in the private sector. Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Jacobs
> > >
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