How do crackers exploit security flaws in our web applications? What tools are there for this? How can we defend ourselves if we don’t know exactly how they attack us? These are the typical questions that any computer scientist interested in computer security asks himself and is that its developers have already said it, that DVL or Damn Vulnerable Linux is not for you to use on your desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DVL is a learning tool for those who are learning about Linux system security, and indeed the initial goal of this was to offer a distro that one of the original creators Thorsten Schneider could use for his systems administration classes. This distribution is distributed in the form of a 1.8 Gbyte ISO image that contains very “attackable” old versions of developments such as Apache, MySQL, FTP or SSH, as well as several tools to be able to compile, debug and try to overcome the barriers of security of such programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As its creator used this distro to specialize in Linux security, many use this tool for the same, in fact DVL boasts that there are several experts in computer security who have collaborated in its development such as the ReverseEngineering.net and Crackmes communities .de, and in this distro you can find a good number of tutorials, including descriptions of the lessons and solutions to problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no doubt that this distro is not for daily use, in fact do not even think about using it for this but… If what you are looking for is to start specializing in security, then this can be a tool that helps you a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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