There are lots of handy security tools available as ready-to-run virtual machines over at VMware's Web site. If you go to their virtual appliances directory you'll find 37 security-related appliances listed as of June 15, including Network Security Toolkit (NST) 1.4.1 Virtual Machine. The new version of NST was released June 5 and according to the NST Web site, this release includes:
A enterprise class patch management system for NST WUI updates and system file patches and updates.
A new nstvmware script to facilitate the use of NST within a VMware virtual machine.
The inclusion of the VMware Tools and modules to optimize the NST performance within a VMware virtual machine.
Some nice 'look-and-feel' enhancements to the X and NST WUI interface.
Many new enhancements to the NST WUI database management pages for both the MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers.
Replaced the NST WUI network protocol anaylzer capture engine: "tethereal" with the new light-weight "dumpcap" application which is part of the new "ethereal" v0.99.0 protocol analyzer suite.
Many networking and security applications have been updated to their latest version.
Since NST includes Ethereal I thought I'd also mention here that if you missed our news story about Ethereal this week, then read "Will Ethereal Be Devoured By Wireshark?"
The second Tuesday of each month Microsoft releases any required security patches for its products. This is why I began referring to the next day as Exploit Wednesday, and sure enough, this month is no different.. As we each should have expected, a number of exploits were released that take advantage of Microsoft's recent release of a dozen security patches . SANS incident handlers give you the run down. - posted by
Mark Joseph Edwards
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