Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:02:26 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: iamatt <iamatt@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IT security and pentesting tools on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20131229170226.c559dc96.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAEeRwNU1rRKQ3ru8dTdLmgXOCq3DOwgHcTp4ip0WEUVikJegCQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20131229143625.b3f3a2cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEeRwNU1rRKQ3ru8dTdLmgXOCq3DOwgHcTp4ip0WEUVikJegCQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:08:59 -0600, iamatt wrote: > Why reinvent the wheel. I don't want to reinvent it, I just want another wheel. :-) > Backtrack is pretty decent live image for basic > pen testing. Backtrack, Kali, and Knoppix STD are quite good for that purpose. But as I said, I prefer BSD over Linux and would like to find out if FreeBSD can be used for pentesting (or as a basis for security testing and research) in the same way (or at least for a subset of tasks). > I guess you could see what ports exist on freebsd from the > backtrack release but seems like a waste of time when you can just burn a > USB drive and run it like that! Ah, not a waste of time. I have already installed machines which are Linux-based, so using _those_ is not a problem. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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