Security for a day

Installing BackTrack 4 on to an old laptop is easy. Boot from the CD, then run the install.sh script on the Backtrack desktop.

Now as a Windows Admin, I have to updated everything. I have no choice, otherwise my MCSE status is revoked.

Once you have logged in to the laptop, plugged it in to LAN connection and are then faced the $ promp:

sudo start-network

This starts the networking manager (wicd) and will kick off DHCP, then to the updating of the OS and core BackTrack components.This includes a whole heap of the tools.

From the Offensive security blog

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -d linux-image
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
sudo dpkg -i –force-all linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

UPDATE: something appears broken in the update in postgresql-8.3

Errors were encountered while processing:
postgresql-8.3
postgresql
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Full credits to Dave for posting this fix:

cd /etc/ssl/certs
make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil –force-overwrite
/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 restart

Everything is happy again, back to the install -

sudo apt-get install madwifi-drivers
sudo apt-get install r8187-drivers

Sudo shutdown -r now

sudo fix-splash (This fixes the boot up screen to have the pretty BackTrack border)

NOTE there are two dashes (-) in front of the force all switch, if you don’t put in two dashes, it gives you a nasty error message.

This little lot is about 400mb in downloads.

Then type startx at the $ prompt to get back to the safe and comforting Windows environment – phew.

Now, I like all the shiny tools in MetaSploit and frankly want to have them all now, regardless if I can use them.

So from a terminal console window

cd /pentest/exploits/framework3/

$ sudo svn update

Then in to Firefox

Tools – AddOns and Find Updates

The only annoying thing is there is an old version of Wireshark which does not want to be updated. Will work on that.