Re: pentesting and macbook pro

From: kelly@cliffhanger.com
Date: Thu Jul 27 2006 - 18:09:36 EDT


I wish I could answer your questions but I can't.
I'm not experienced enough. I'm looking forward
to some feedback from those on this list who are.

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Quoting Kyle Starkey <kstarkey@siegeworks.com>:
        Thanks for the input folks... I am trying to cost justify the $3K for my new
        MBP right now (anyone have any good security/pentest focused reasons to go
        this direction)... Has anyone had any problems compiling/running any of the
        unix flavor tools in OSX (john, nessus, hydra, rainbow crack)?  Or has
        anyone had any problems with the windows stack being muddled thru paralles
        and into OSX and as such stopping attack tools from working?  
        
        I know, I know... If you have a native *nix OS why would you be messing with
        Windows... My only response is CORE...
        
        Cheers
        -K
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: DaKahuna [mailto:da.kahuna@gmail.com] 
        Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:11 PM
        To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
        Subject: Re: pentesting and macbook pro
        
        Kelly,
        
          I am using a D-Link DWL-122 with my MBP and it works just fine.  OS  
        X sees it as a Prism 2 chipset and KisMAC uses it natively.  I have  
        also used it successfully on other systems with both Auditor and  
        BackTrack.
        
        Other than having to use Rosetta every once in a while to get a DMG  
        to work correctly, I do not see any problems with the MBP.  I have  
        Windows XP installed under Paralles but have not spent any time with it.
        
        
        On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:45 PM, kelly@cliffhanger.com wrote:
        
        > I just bought a macbook pro.  I can still take it
        > back if I want to but, I'm wondering if any of you
        > find the macbook pro (intel proc) useful for pen
        > testing?
        >
        > I'm running an app called parallels.  Parallels is
        > like vmware for mac.  But I'm not sure if I can
        > build internal networks like vmware tho.
        >
        > My biggest question is ...
        >
        >  - What usb wireless cards are available that work
        >    with the bootable linux distros (for pen
        >    testing)?
        >
        >  - Is the macbook pro (intel) useful for pen
        >    testing?
        >
        > -- 
        > kelly
        > http://home1.gte.net/res0psau/index.html#Hang-Gliding-Stuff
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