4 Other Essential Peripherals
4 Other Essential Peripherals Weve discussed our laptop and how to install BackTrack, a Linux-based operating system thats geared towards Penetration Testing. Also this past week, weve discussed which wireless card best presents us with an easy, plug-and-play experience when it comes to working with BackTrack and the aircrack-ng suite. Now, were going to take a look at the other components of our Essential Toolkit. Were going to need the following extra tools: A Network Hub (for sniffing wired networks with Wireshark) A USB Bluetooth Adapter Two or Three USB flash drives Two or Three Ethernet cables So, Bertha is all dressed up for a night on the town with a nice, sleek, black number called BackTrack. Now its time to accesorize her with a few nice baubles. THE NETWORK HUB There are plenty of devices out there that say theyre a network hub. However, if you look carefully at how they actually work, the devices are not network hubs. ...