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Subject: Re: System Spec for Penetration test
From: "Gary O. Abrams" <gabrams @ geek . advsys . com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 15:24:25 -0400 (EDT)
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <199710081811 . TAA08242 @ WorldHQ . com> from "Phil Cracknell" at Oct 8, 97 07:11:16 pm

Phil Cracknell scribbled:
>
> I've cc'd this to firewalls and firewall-wizards, it may be off-topic,
> so I apologise up front;
> 
> I need a little advice on the spec of a laptop for penetration testing.
> 
> Originally I wanted a Sparcbook, but this is not possible now (for lots
> of reasons) so I thought about a high-powered pentium laptop and
> loading Solaris X86 and I can then also install NT.
> 
> Does X86 support most PCM/CIA network cards?
> 
> Would I be best advised to choose a SCSI-based disk/CD for ease of
> install? (X86 again!)
> 

You take a look at the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List, which can
be found at: http://access1.sun.com/certify/hcl.html.

later,

-- Gary



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