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jd2kuk
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by jd2kuk » Sun May 25, 2008 3:29 pm
The title pretty much says it all: what security applications/tools could you not conduct your life without having? This could be from any category- IDS, anti-virus, vunerability scanners- anything.
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muto
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by muto » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:06 pm
Backtrack.
If I'm stuck on Windows, Wireshark, Cain, and Firefox.
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by cheesepuff » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:15 pm
AVG better than norton.
And spybot
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jd2kuk
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by jd2kuk » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:39 am
muto wrote:Backtrack.
If I'm stuck on Windows, Wireshark, Cain, and Firefox.
Aye, totally agree about backtrack!
I actually have a virtual version of backtrack that runs within windows, so that I can get access to all the good tools whilst I'm doing other stuff
Some people are like Slinkies: completely useless but fun to watch when you push them down stairs.
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by muto » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:22 pm
What, a Backtrack install inside a VM, or cygwin'd versions of the tools? If it's a VM, then that's nice, but you won't always have access to it. The Astalavista security DVD (v5) is a nice collection of mostly Windows stuff, which could probably work as a replacement for Backtrack.
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jd2kuk
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by jd2kuk » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:02 pm
It's a VM.
And that sounds interesting...
Some people are like Slinkies: completely useless but fun to watch when you push them down stairs.
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muto
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by muto » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:36 pm
Yeah, it has something like 2.5k tools/exploits on it. Was very hard to get hold of though, but it's probably got to the public warez sites by now. Give it a try.
Another tool for the list is perl. Sometimes, there isn't something out there for exactly what you need, and if you ca just quickly throw together a script for it, it can be a godsend. Especially useful when dealing with web based stuff.
Hackbar (FF extention) is also very useful.
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jd2kuk
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by jd2kuk » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:29 pm
I may have to take a look at that then...
Aye, I know of quite a few tools which run under perl too, like nikto (although I do have wikto, which doesn't require perl...)
Some people are like Slinkies: completely useless but fun to watch when you push them down stairs.
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by phiber » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:45 pm
nmap anyone?
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by muto » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:34 pm
nmap goes without saying
