Re: Using a Virtualized Pen Test Platform

["0x0e.org" <jcran () 0x0e org>]

I'm going to throw another vote out there for virtualbox. I use it on  
top of ubuntu to virtualize windows, and it networks, suspends, and  
generally /works/ flawlessly. Make sure to download the version from  
sun (as opposes to the dpkg/apt repos) because it offers USB support,  
among other things.

jcran

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On Oct 24, 2009, at 11:08 PM, JoePete <joepete () joepete com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 12:07 -0400, Jon Kibler wrote:
> > For the past several months, I have been tinkering with using  
> > VMware Workstation
> > as my base platform, so I can just switch VMs rather than having to  
> > reboot.
>
> In terms of virtualization, I would recommend giving Sun's  
> VirtualBox a
> look. It does a pretty job without the cost of VMware. But one problem
> you do run into with pentesting is getting at the network hardware,
> particularly any internal wireless card that you might use WLAN
> cracking.
>
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