Using apt-Cacher

I was doing a bit of research and came across this today.

Apt-Cacher is a method by which you can centrally cache and share packages already stored within your network. It also allows the option of caching any downloaded packages in the future. This allows me to download a package once and transparently share it with an unlimited number of machines within my network. This way I only use my Lanwidth (LAN-bandwidth), and not my limited WAN connection."
Setup would be:
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# aptitude install apt-cacher
To have auto startup
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# sed -i.orig 's/AUTOSTART=0/AUTOSTART=1/' /etc/default/apt-cacher
# /etc/init.d/apt-cacher restart
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Configure the acl for access (default is allow access to any IP)
it is located in /etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf.
To import the packages in your box to the cache
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# /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-import.pl -s /var/cache/apt/archives/
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To give other machines on the network access to the cache edit the apt-conf file in /etc/apt to reflect the machines IP address:
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Acquire:http:"http:localhost.localdomain:port"
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Up and Running with OpenVAS in Back Track 4 part 2

As promised here is part two of Up and Running with OpenVAS in Back Track 4. This time we will update the NVT (network vulnerability tests) database.
Then we will setup a scan against a generic vanilla install of windows server 2008.
I hope you enjoy and find it useful.
The video can be found on blip.tv here
You can also get it at Vimeo here.
You can also find it at the Remote-Exploits (Back Track) Forums here.

Up and running with OpenVAS in BT4

Just as the title says this is a small video on getting OpenVAS setup and running.
A brief walk through on adding a user to the system, creating a certificate for the user, starting the server and client, setting up a task with scope and running the task, within Back | Track 4.
The video is available here on blip.tv
And here on vimeo
Enjoy!
You can also watch it below.

Up and Running with OpenVAS in Back Track 4 from archangel.amael on Vimeo.

In the next video I will walk through updating the OpenVas Server and running a task in the dork-lab network.

SMART disk monitoring How-To

A small tutorial for getting S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring.
You can monitor the health and temperature of your hard disks
Note this will only work if your disks support the S.M.A.R.T. feature.
Code:

root@dorkbox:~#apt-get install smartmontools
root@dorkbox:~#apt-get install hddtemp

When hddtemp runs it will pop up a window about running the deamon at startup it recommends not to do so, you can choose either way.
If you want to reconfigure this just run dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp to do so.

Code:

root@dorkbox:~#apt-get install sensors-applet

You can add a panel applet with this.

There is a front end of for smartmontools, to install GSmartControl using the package available here:

Then use
Code:

root@dorkbox:~#dpkg -i gsmartcontrol_0.8.4+nmu1_i386.deb

to install it.
There is also an AMD64 package if needed.
once it finishes running dpkg will complain about needing some missing libraries, just
Code:

root@dorkbox:~#run apt-get -f install

and the gsmartcontrol will install them as well.

To run the app
go to: K menu> System> GSMartControl

There may an easier way to do this, it was just the easiest that I found at the moment. Hit back if you need some help or have problems.
Thank you