Re: Best Linux Distribution for laptop

2003-07-03 Thread shawnmer
Knoppix http://knopper.net has a nice hard drive install option...plus it's Debian based. :) Debian unstable packages have loads of security tools, pretty much most of the top 75 listed at www.insecure.org/tools.html as .deb packages (like RPMs). The real benefit of Knoppix is the 15 minute

Re: Getting the message to Testers

2003-03-05 Thread shawnmer
Hi James, One suggestion I have is from the testing tools perspective. In my experience a major stumbling block for testers is running *NIX attack tools, particularly if the developers are heavy Windows focused. To help remedy this situation I put together a bunch of security tools and got

Re: Network Scan

2003-01-15 Thread shawnmer
Hmmm...thoughts on the following? 1. Run a SSH server on each Windows station 2. Upload Cygwin's Find program and needed DLLs 3. Schedule an AT command on the Windows station (remotely through the SSH connection) to look, using find, for the file extensons you're looking for and output

re: Subject: A Solution for sniffing

2002-12-20 Thread shawnmer
Hi, Don't think I saw this mentioned: SniffDet - Remote Sniffer Detection Tool/Library http://sniffdet.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, -scm - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: A Solution for

Re: Cisco Secure ACS vs. Firewall

2002-10-28 Thread shawnmer
Hi, Good points about the Cisco 3000 VPN Concentrator. One thing that bears mentioning about the *firewall* is that the VPN3K does basic NAT/Port Filtering. Hardly, imho, a *robust* firewall solution...but it's all about risk vs. hassle/headaches.

Re: wanted: Cisco PIX Management Tool

2002-10-23 Thread shawnmer
Cisco now has the PIX MC 1.0 http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/cscowork/ps2330/products_user_guide_book09186a00800e48b0.html -scm :[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, we are running 8 Cisco PIX Firewalls now, with the option to get up to 12 more in future. They are all placed at different