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FOCA 2 Enhancements: Advanced Network Mapping and Discovery Tools

FOCA 2 has a new algorithm which tries to discover as much info related to network infrastructure as possible. In this alpha version FOCA will add to the figured out network-map, all servers than can be found using a recursive algorithm searching in Google, BING, Reverse IP in BING, Well-known servers and DNS records, using an internal PTR-Scaning, etc. The link for this article located at Darknet UK is no longer available. . Explore the innovative features of FOCA 2 as it transforms network infrastructure mapping and data analysis with advanced algorithms for insightful information retrieval. Network Mapping, FOCA Analysis, Infrastructure Research. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 May 25, 2010 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Security Projects
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Master Network Analysis Using Wireshark’s Powerful Tools

Any time I need network analysis I turn to Wireshark. Wireshark is, in my opinion, the defacto standard for network protocol analyzers . Not only is it incredibly powerful, useful, and user-friendly it is also FREE! But what exactly is Wireshark? Simple: Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer that watches and logs all incoming and outgoing traffic as defined by your needs. This tool can not only read traffic live, it can read traffic from a previous dump. And it can read files from other applications such as tcpdump and Microsoft Network Analyzer.. Wireshark also offers some really great tools that help to make your network analysis much easier. Two of these tools (Filters and Expert Infos) I will highlight in this tutorial. The link for this article located at ghacks is no longer available. . Wireshark also offers some really great tools that help to make your network analysis much easier. T. wireshark, network, analysis, opinion, defacto, stand. . Anthony Pell

Calendar%202 Aug 11, 2009 User Avatar Anthony Pell Network Security
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OpenBSD 3.8 Installation On SunBlade 100: Security Enhancements

Yesterday OpenBSD, the proactively secure Unix-like operating system, released version 3.8, featuring several improvements to networking, RAID management tools, and increased security. At openbsd.org you can download installation files or order the official three-disc CD set, which supports 16 processor architectures out of the box. I took this new release as an opportunity to perform my first ever OpenBSD install. . I downloaded a boot CD image for my test machine, a SunBlade 100. It is an entry-level 64-bit UltraSPARC-IIe workstation -- a few years old, and begging for either an upgrade to Solaris 10 or an entirely new operating system. Not all architectures support booting from local media, but for those that do you can get started with just the boot image, and perform the rest of the installation over FTP. The link for this article located at NewsForge is no longer available. . I downloaded a boot CD image for my test machine, a SunBlade 100. It is an entry-level 64-bit UltraS. yesterday, openbsd, proactively, secure, unix-like, operating, system, released, version, featurin. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Trinux Incident Overview: Analyzing the W00tx0rs Breach Impact

On November 11, 2001, a defacer known as "w00tx0rs" defaced the home page for 'Trinux'. Since the defacement, the site has not responded to any attempts to load the web page.. . .. On November 11, 2001, a defacer known as "w00tx0rs" defaced the home page for 'Trinux'. Since the defacement, the site has not responded to any attempts to load the web page. Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 06:43:27 -0700 (MST) From: security curmudgeon To: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject: [defaced-commentary] Trinux site defaced On November 11, 2001, a defacer known as "w00tx0rs" defaced the home page for 'Trinux'. Since the defacement, the site has not responded to any attempts to load the web page. Site maintainer Matthew Franz posted regarding this: If for some reason you've run across you will not find the friendly penguin there. This is either one of two things: 1) DNS screwup 2) Compromise of ISP/Web Hosting folks I either case your best bet is you use the Sourceforge site until further notice (https://sourceforge.net/projects/trinux/) and I would *not* use (although it doesn't appear to work) for package loading. Thanks = mdf What is Trinux? Trinux is a ramdisk-based Linux distribution that boots from a single floppy disk, loads it packages from an HTTP/FTP server, a FAT/EXT2/NTFS filesystem, or additional floppies and contains precompiled versions versions of popular Open Source network security tools for port scanning, packet sniffing, vulnerability scanning, sniffer detection, packet construction, active/passive OS fingerprinting, network monitoring, session hijacking, intrusion detection, and more. Trinux also provides support for Perl, PHP, and Python scripting languages. Mirror: - The information and commentary is Copyright 2001, by the individual author. Permission is granted to quote, reprint or redistribute provided the text is not altered, and the author and attrition.org is credited. The opinions expressed in this mail are not necessarily the opinion of all Attrition staff members. Commentary Archive: The Attrition Mirror: Country/TLD Statistics: Attrition Defacement Statistics: Operating System Graphs: Other Web Defacement Mailing Lists: Contacting Attrition Staff: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To subscribe to Defaced Commentary, send mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with "subscribe defaced-commentary" in the BODY of the mail (without quotes). To unsubscribe, include "unsubscribe defaced-commentary" in the BODY of the mail. . On November 11, 2001, a defacer known as 'w00tx0rs' defaced the home page for 'Trinux'. Since the de. november, defacer, known, 'w00tx0rs', defaced, 'trinux', since. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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