Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 06:52:54 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: William Woods <bwoods2@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Penetration testing question.... Message-ID: <200009251353.e8PDrPx04495@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:54:58 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009242246060.248-100000@mail.gplsucks.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009242246060.248-100000@mail.gplsucks.org>, William Woods writes: > Please excuse me and point me in the right direction if this is not the > best list (I suspect it isnt...) > > I currently run FreeBSD at home and on my personal system at work. The > company I work for is developing a security hardware/software solution for > windows and since I am the only person in the group with any type of *nix > experiance they have asked me to do some penetration tests. They said I > could use any OS I want for my platform (I am going to use FreeBSD because > I am most familiar with it, linux is an option but I would rather > stick with FreeBSD). They want me to get the the most commonly > used scanners (I am currently useing SAINT and NMAP to test my > persoanl LAN) and tools hackers use and test the devel systems for > security. [deleted] We do penetration testing using nmap and nessus on a periodic basis from two locations in our own network and from outside of our network. These are great firewall testing tools. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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