I just noticed gentoo linux security site - - www.gentoo.org/security/en/ which mentions some very recent vulnerability reports in latest gentoo packages. That means i can play with these new gentoo packages for vulnerability and exploit analysis. Nikos - please correct me if you think i am going wrong.
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote: > Nitin Kanaskar wrote: >> >> Ok - I am not clear about the terminology - >> packages, versions... >> But i need to install gentoo 2004/2005 - if this >> is right. I am a graduate student doing research on >> vulnerabilities, exploits and IDS. Hence I am looking >> for older gentoo installations which i know have >> some vulnerabilities. >> If i have to build whole OS from source, I am willing >> to do that - but could not find any resource on that >> old stuff. >> >> Hope I am clear about why I am looking for >> such old stuff. > > That's not really feasible. You should look into older versions of > something like Debian, Fedora, (open)SUSE or something else instead. > > >