From: Matthew Wagenknecht (Matthew.Wagenknecht@quantum.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 09:02:53 EST
Fedora doesn't work with the current version of Vmware.. It installs ok, but
networking doesn't work. It is a known issue and VMWare has yet to respond.
Personally, I like Knoppix-std and RedHat.. Knoppix has all the tools I have
needed and runs from a CD. I use RedHat because I am most familiar with it.
Most if not all of the pen-test tools out there work on 99% of the linux
distros available. It's really more of a familiarity decision than a
tool-based decision..
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maxime Rousseau [mailto:m.rousseau@cgi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:16 PM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: VMWare and which linux distro?
Hi List,
I think a good portion of you guys use a VMWare-Linux setup when doing
pen-test (for many reasons). The question i would like to ask is, which
linux distribution works best for this specific purpose ? Obviously you dont
need a distribution with many fency Xwin features and preferably good
networking tools built-in.
I am uncertain about which would work best in this particular scenario and i
really cant think of anyone better then you guys to give me insight.
Thanks,
-Maxime
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