Looking for a pen testing "victim" distro

DJRWolf · Oct 20, 2013

With "Damn Vulnerable Linux" being dead and unavailable for download are there any other distro's out there that I can use as a pre-setup "victim" target for penetration testing/training?

stillblue · Oct 21, 2013

DJRWolf :

Windows is always available for that.

Ijack · Oct 21, 2013

Surely if you are penetration testing you want to use a normal distribution not a specially vulnerable one?

Ijack · Oct 21, 2013

stillblue :

When properly configured, Windows is every bit as secure as Linux - arguably more so. Blind evangalism, and knocking Microsoft at every opportunity, does Linux no favours.

stillblue · Oct 21, 2013

Ijack :

If properly configured and diligently maintained. That's a big if. Blind evangalism, and praising Microsoft at every opportunity, does users no favours.

stillblue · Oct 21, 2013

DJRWolf :

Seriously, this looks promising for you.
http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Metasploitable

stillblue · Oct 21, 2013

or you could download a torrent copy http://kickass.to/search/damn%20vulnerable%20linux/

DJRWolf · Oct 21, 2013

Stillblue, thanks for the links.
Windows needs a license key on install, Linux does not making it easier to install, break, reinstall, repeat.

Ijack · Oct 21, 2013

praising Microsoft at every opportunity, does users no favours.

Which is why I refrain from making off-topic remarks about Microsoft. Would that everyone did the same.

Windows was not under discussion in this thread until you felt the need to make one of your usual childish jibes. The fact is that if you want a truely secure operating system you will plump for one of the BSDs, not the increasingly messy Ubuntu.

8350rocks · Oct 21, 2013

Ijack :

Honestly, the BSDs are really secure, and RHEL is as well...though server/workstation RHEL isn't normally a proposition for a home user. You can, however, typically achieve similar levels of security on Fedora, or Arch...Ubuntu can be made to do it as well, it just takes digging a bit deeper through the "user friendly" bits to get to the meat and potatoes.

Ijack · Oct 21, 2013

Agreed. Both Windows and Linux can be made perfectly secure, though probably not as secure as, say, OpenBSD. But, in both cases, it takes a little work and knowledge.

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