On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 01 December 2008 22:45, "Chip Panarchy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > My distribution has been specialised to suite the requirements of your > > everyday (and not so everyday!) pen-tester and white/grey hat hackers. > > > > My sobriquet for this distribution is: HackBuntu. > > Why not just have a set of extra packages to run on Debian/Lenny? Why is a > different distribution needed for penetration testing? > > I agree. Why split off into a separate distribution, instead of debianising any of your chosen packages that are not yet among the ~17,000 packages in the stable Debian set? For any set of packages one finds so useful that they're like their own distribution, I think the labor would be better spent -- more useful to the community I mean, maybe not as fun for you -- in extending / improving documentation on using those tools, or Chip's suggestion, which looks to me like 'debianising.' Your message indicates a comprehensive security strategy, and a large market for that certainly exists. But the additional work of maintaining a separate distribution seems like a waste. Reed
