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Webserverwatcher.py
During our last information gathering and vulnerability assessment project our team realised that the IP address and web server software had changed from when we initially started out. Some time during the project the IT department had changed servers, which meant that some of our data from before the change was now obsolete.
Some one on our team came up with an idea for a program that would monitor the server for any changes and notify us when it had happened. We would then know as soon as possible and could document this in our final report.
The following Python code checks the web server every hour for changes in IP address, HTTP server header and x-powered-by header. If it notices any change it logs it to a log file aptly named log.txt.
Here is the code:
Any feedback welcomed!
BackTrack 4 Beta Public Released
Weve gone live with the beta, and the downloads are going crazy. All our mirrors are at 90 mbit, more or less.
You can get the iso here md5sum and sha512sum
And the VMWare image here md5sum and sha512sum
We are trying to get estimates of downloads. If you link to our ISOs, please use:
http://www.remote-exploit.org/cgi-bin/fileget?version=bt4-beta-iso
http://www.remote-exploit.org/cgi-bin/fileget?version=bt4-beta-vm
and do not link them directly.
Release information will shortly be available on the Remote Exploit Web site.
Cant seem to find a change-log as yet, I think it has only been released in the past few hours. It was pre-released at Shmoocon 2009 a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t downloaded and tested BT4 however I will definitely be taking a look once I have some spare time. Download it and let us know what you think!
My new Acer Aspire One
Just bought an Acer Aspire One! It cost me £150 from ASDA (instore only), here are the specs:
OS: Linpus Lite (Linux)
RAM: 512MB
HDD: IDE 1.8″ 160GB
Processor: Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz
Display: 8.9″ 1024×600
The keyboard is not too small, it has a normal sized UK enter button, screen size is fine and its very light. You can buy a 1GB RAM stick that only costs £10 from crucial however to fit it you have to pull the whole machine apart. Why didnt they just install a flap at the base of the machine for easy access? God knows! I havent upgraded the RAM yet however I am considering it. The default user interface is designed for babies however migrating to the ‘advanced’ mode and the XFCE desktop was only a few clicks away. Linpus Lite comes with the XFCE desktop enviroment which I think is fine, I may change to another Linux distro in the future.
Here are some links that I found usefull as a AA1 owner:
www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/27/30-cool-acer-aspire-one-hacks/
