Part two (part one is here) of an expanding series where I’m providing an overview of some of the InfoSec tools that I use on a daily basis on my Mac. Down the line I’ll expand this series and write up each tool in more detail.
Nessus
Despite the controversy about Nessus going proprietary […]
This is the last Leopard firewall post for a while…
Over the last week or two of Leopard firewall discussions across the web, quite a bit of info has come out about how the Leopard firewall works, and what’s going on ‘under the hood’ when you change the options under System Preferences.
The firewall used by OS […]
Mac side, from a Terminal:
sudo su
nc -l <port number> (I used 1000)
Ensure that your Leopard firewall settings are set to “Block all incoming connections” and “Enable Stealth Mode” (in the advanced settings)
From a remote machine:
nc <leopard ip> <port from above>
Connected! If you don’t have netcat on a remote machine, you can simply telnet to the […]
Since it’s a common question, I figured I’d link some of the more common Configuration Guides for OS X hardening. These are some of the more ‘official’ ones — I’ll post a collection of personal and Blog-related ones some other time. Just a note: None of these are updated for […]