On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian spewed into the ether:
> Sunil Dhaka rearranged electrons thusly:
> > That reminds me... is there any site which runs security checks for
> > a linux box akin to Shields up for Windoze. Not just a portscanner
> > site. I mean real exploits and works.
>
> Try http://www.cotse.com
>
> Or just go to http://astalavista.box.sk / http://www.rootshell.com
> and search for rootkits. Download a few and try them on your servers
ACK!, searck for exploits, not rootkits.
And by far the best resource I know of is packetstorm
(http://packetstorm.securify.com)
And did anyone miss the slashdot article on vunerability scanners?
http://www.nessus.org
Run your own scans (and make sure you are scanning your own machine,
not someone elses).
Devdas Bhagat
--
Killing is stupid; useless!
-- McCoy, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8
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