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This evening I decided to install some applications I used on FreeBSD before I got my Apple MacBook. I used to thoroughly enjoy the FreeBSD ports system for maintaining 3rd-party applications like Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) and Nmap. Since moving to Mac I have found a similar ports system named MacPorts, formerly known as DarwinPorts.
I have used the MacPorts system in the past to install the above mentioned applications, Wireshark and Nmap, as well as screen (great tutorial on TechSays, previously posted at averageadmins.com) and Ettercap. I got crazy with the MacPorts tonight and started installing some of the software that I used to use on my FreeBSD laptop as well as some newer applications I wanted to try out. I installed:
dsniff- John the Ripper
wget- Metasploit
- Nikto
tcpdumphping2fping- THC-Hydra
- Scapy
- Ophcrack
p0fngrep- Nemesis
I like messing around with security and network monitoring software, especially when Chris gets involved and we mess around with different tools trying to figure out how they work and how we can use them. I am sure I will think of more applications to install in the near future.
I want to get my MacBook ready for when Chris and I have to go do some network monitoring at a remote branch or something like we did back in the day with his Debian laptop and my FreeBSD laptop. I just need to remember that the MacPorts port system is there for me and always willing to help me install and maintain 3rd-party applications.
Until next time…
2007-02-13 - Correction: I didn’t install Nikto using the MacPorts repository as stated above. I installed it from source. It’s a Perl script with functionality that I already get from Nessus so I removed it from my system and will continue to use Nessus for web site vulnerability testing.
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