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genlist – Backtrack – Miscellaneous – Miscellaneous Network – genlist

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Clicking on the genlist menu item in Backtrack Linux opens a terminal window and outputs the genlist help menu at the top. Genlist is a Perl script written to provide an easy way to generate a list of live hosts on a network or set of networks so you can then begin analyzing those hosts. All the genlist Perl script does is call nmap with the -sP switch and parse the results so only the live IP addresses are output and as simple as it seems its a handy little tool if you do penetration testing on a regular basis. Below we describe genlist in more detail and show an example of genlist in action.

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apache start – Backtrack – Services – HTTPD – apache start

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Backtrack Linux offers a lot to people of all skill sets and I really appreciate the thought that the developers have put behind making this a operating system platform that is friendly to all. In my experience there are penetration testers or information security enthusiasts of all levels and having Backtrack as a platform to learn from is great. The apache start menu item in Backtrack simply starts the Apache web server and is explained in more detail below.

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List All IP Addresses Making Port 80 Connections To Linux Server

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Earlier while analyzing a Linux server it was pointed out to me that the Apache logs were filling up with constant connections requesting domains that were not configured on the server. To me it looked as if a load balancer somewhere was misconfigured and sending traffic to our IP address by mistake but I needed to open a ticket with the colocation provider to have them look into the issue further since the network in this case is not something I have any control over. Below is a quick Linux command that will output a list of IP addresses making port 80 connections to your server.

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Backtrack 5: Information Gathering: Network Analysis: Identify Live Hosts: 0trace

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I remember being so happy about 0trace when I started to write some Backtrack related articles because even though 0trace is fairly simple it is really useful to locate the full path to devices you are investigating. In the article below I will explain the necessary 0trace input from the command line, what needs to be done to complete a successful trace to a target using 0trace, and provide some example of devices in front of and behind a firewall blocking ICMP or traceroute requests.