Topic Suggestion: nUnuntu

[grecs at novainfosecportal.com (Grecs)]

Hopefully, the new open source version of Nessus will be included.

Thanks,

Grecs

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On Nov 7, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Dave Ockwell-Jenner <doj at primeinfosec.com>  
wrote:

> I recall hearing somewhere that the next release of BackTrack will  
> also be much more of a 'distro' with updates, etc. So if that's the  
> big draw for nUbuntu, it may well me addressed by the BackTrack folks.
>
> Dave.
>
> On 7-Nov-08, at 4:36, "Matt Hillman" <cybereagle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > nUbuntu used to be developed by TomB, he kicks around #hak5, paul  
> > or larry may know him too. I haven't spoken to him for a while but  
> > looks like he is listed an inactive on the team page so perhaps  
> > he's passed the batton on. Last I heard he hadn't updated it in a  
> > while and it was getting quite out of date, but if others are  
> > taking it on now that may have changed.
> >
> >
> > 2008/11/6 Chris Merkel <cmerkel at gmail.com>
> > I don't know if this has been mentioned on presvious episodes or  
> > not, but there's a Ubuntu-derived distro for penetration testing:
> > http://www.nubuntu.org/about.php
> >
> > At a glance, it appears they have a lot of the same tools found in  
> > similar distros, such as backtrack. One difference it seems is the  
> > integration of their own package repository for updating and adding  
> > new tools. (Something that I don't think Backtrack can do...)
> >
> > Anyways, if it's new to you, give it a look and see if it's worth  
> > discussing on the show.
> >
> > - Chris Merkel
> >
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