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Re: Lab OS Choices


From: "Deepak Parashar" <deep231982 () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:45:50 -0400

may be you would like to try out for IOS as well for security boxes.

-DP

On 8/11/07, Peter Manis <manis () digital39 com> wrote:
I am new to the world of pen testing and am working on building a lab.
 What operating systems and versions do you recommend for a good all
around lab.  Windows of course is a big one, but do you go back to 98?
 Being a beginner I would think having all the patches on XP or Vista
might make it difficult to learn.  I would also think adding a secure
OS like openbsd would be a waste of time for a beginner to try to gain
access to.  All advice is appreciated.

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