Linux Security Lab?

storkus at storkus.com storkus at storkus.com
Thu Jul 3 00:56:52 MST 2008


Count me in too!  I've wanted to do some serious learning in this area
for a long time.  Hardening my machine against external attack in
particularly at the top of my
list so I'm sure that, even if we don't use it as a test bed, I can
learn a lot about what I need to do.

Mike

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:29:58 -0700, "Rhune Lord" <rhunelord at gmail.com>
said:
> OMG When?!!
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Lisa Kachold <l_iesa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Is there any interest in a Security Lab?
> >
> > At freegeek.org, (and various open source shops), we would setup say a 6
> > hour test lab to:
> >
> > 1) Test various security LiveCD's  (Labrat, NST)
> > 2) Setup HoneyPots and IDS monitoring systems.
> > 3) Create attacks using other tools, like Owasp.org's well written FAQ's and
> > apps or testing Youtube security vid myths.
> >
> > Some of the easiest quick examples would be:
> >
> > a) nmap/nessus, and snort.
> > b) brute force ssh in less than a smoke break.
> >
> > "Harder" (more advanced) labs could include top down OSI demos like XSS
> > proxy, SQL Injection,  URI and/or all manner bottom up TCP/IP spoofing,
> > ICMP, dhcp and DNS hacking.
> >
> > We might also setup some quick tunnels running as a completely believable
> > process name to show what it looks like to be pwn'd?
> >
> > Any interest?
> >
> > (503)754-4452 Blackberry || www.obnosis.com
> > via USB PPP EDVO/CDMA on Dell Latitude PII - Kubuntu 7.10
> >
> >
> >
> >
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