NST – Network Security Toolkit
Linux has many distributions developed mainly for the purpose of penetration testing. Among them, one is Network Security Toolkit (NST), which was developed to provide easy access to open source network security applications in one place.
NST is based on Fedora Linux and contains tools for professionals and network administrators.
Getting ready
NST can be downloaded from its webpage or directly from this link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nst/files/
Once downloaded, we can either burn the ISO on a CD/DVD or create a live bootable USB media.
How to do it...
Using NST for penetration testing becomes easy when we have an idea about how to use the OS and also what the tools included in the OS are:
To use NST, the first step is to boot the system with NST. We have the option to either boot using the live option or directly install NST on the system. In our example, we have chosen the live boot option. You can choose any option as per your requirements. Once booting completes...
