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On 05/02/2013 20:57, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Some time ago, Alan recommended a linux distro for penetration |
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> testing on networks that I manage. Sorry Alan, I lost |
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> the referral; google no find...... |
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It was the first one in that list - BackTrack |
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I've heard good things about a few of the others and nothing bad about |
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any. So take your pick ;-) |
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backtrack is the well known granddaddy and poster child for pentest |
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distros, but I'm sure all of them will get the job done. It really comes |
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down to the list of useful apps they bundle for you. |
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> So from Google, I found a list of 10 linux distros, including Pentoo, |
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> for penetration testing. Rather than take the time to test each one, |
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> recommendations as to which ones anyone likes or uses, would save |
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> me quite some time... |
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> http://blog.rootcon.org/2012/02/10-pentesting-linux-distributions-you.html |
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> All feedback is appreciated, as I'm looking for a distro, I can run |
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> as a liveDVD, usbstick or such, when I need it and not dedicated |
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> a machine to this task. |
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> TIA, |
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> James |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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