Re: Security Packages
dpk writes:
>
> There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security
> holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN
> (security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get
> you going...
>
> http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html
> http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/f-20.shtml
> http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9125110/satan.html
>
> I don't believe it is a debian package, someone feel free to prove me
> wrong because I truly don't know.
I have a Debianized SATAN on my to-do list, but in its present release
it's next to unusable. I spent several weeks working with SATAN's
developers and gave up. However, they are working on a SATAN 1.2 which
should be Linux-friendly.
--
Karl Sackett krs@caos.aamu.edu
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form
of tyranny over the mind of man." -- Thomas Jefferson
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