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Packet Storm Security Is Back

Posted by Hemos on from the with-all-the-security-news-you-would-want dept.

Baraka pointed out to us that Packet Storm Security will be reopening today. Let's all hope that risk mitigation company Kroll-O'Gara does as great a job on Packet Storm's renaissance, as our old friend Ken Williams did. " We talked about this recently - here's hoping that the new is even better then the old.

22 comments

  1. outstanding by Suydam · · Score: 4
    I would guess that having a Risk Mitigation company at the helm (or at least providing hosting) would make Packet Storm much less likely to be shut down.

    Question: How much control will Ken WIlliams maintain? Will this still be his site? I know that the last time we talked about it they talked about running it the same way as before "but with a staff". But my questio is, will Ken WIlliams choose this staff? be on the staff? etc....

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    1. Re:outstanding by raffe · · Score: 2

      he is not involved anymore....

    2. Re:outstanding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      why?

    3. Re:outstanding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      To quote Ken Williams himself from his letter on the old site: "Unfortunately, I will not be with PSS in the future, however, because I have recently accepted an extremely enticing offer elsewhere in the Information Security industry." Good luck, Ken!

      Oh, and I think their worries of being shut down are now far less not because of the nature of the current owners, but simply because the owners are hosting the site themselves rather than relying on the good graces of Harvard University to do it. :)

      Deosyne

    4. Re:outstanding by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ken works for a big five firm helping them build a security portal and a 'for pay' vulnerability database. The 'new' packetstorm is wholly owned Kroll. Ken has no involvement in it.

  2. Re:DNS not updated yet by zanONi · · Score: 1

    I meant the IP of the machine nammed:
    packetstorm.securify.com

    (not www.securify.com)

  3. Re:DNS not updated yet by mvw · · Score: 2
    Oops the above was the parent site (where you would get link to Packet Storm).

    Here are the ones you originally wanted:
    209.143.242.114, 209.143.242.115

  4. Look's great! by BootHead · · Score: 1

    Thank goodness Packet Storm is back! And it look's great. They have done a great job. Let's hope the site is as informative as ever.

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    1. Re:Look's great! by toomuchcoffeeman · · Score: 1

      I dont understand! The URL just shows a title page? Where is the content?

      I am using http://www.securify.com/packetstorm/

      Obviously this is wrong as you guys are talking about the content? And I can't see *any*?

  5. I finally got it by zanONi · · Score: 1

    Thank you, Mark :)

  6. Re:DNS not updated yet by gr · · Score: 1

    zanONi wrote:
    Would someone be kind to post their new IP ?

    Not to flog a dead horse here, but it's really easy to get this information for yourself, which you might have done and included it in your original post if you wanted to be helpful.

    Observe:

    turmeric:~ 499$ whois securify.com
    [netsol garbage]

    Registrant:
    Securify Inc. (SECURIFY-DOM)

    [information not relevant here]

    Domain servers in listed order:

    WEST.MAINSTREET.NET 207.5.0.40
    EAST.MAINSTREET.NET 199.245.73.9

    turmeric:~ 500$ nslookup packetstorm.securify.com WEST.MAINSTREET.NET
    Server: west.mainstreet.net
    Address: 207.5.0.40

    Name: packetstorm.securify.com
    Addresses: 209.143.242.114, 209.143.242.115

    turmeric:~ 501$

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  7. Re:Hey. by infojack · · Score: 2

    Wait... I'm not a little attention seeking brat like someone we know from anti online. Can I get sued for saying that about him??? :)

  8. Just wait.... by El+Volio · · Score: 2

    ...until John Vranvrroom figures out that Securify is really nothing but a bunch of pimple-faced intruders who are perpetrating massive breakins and distributing pornography, then provides his "evidence" to law enforcement and essentially libeling his competitors.

    I'm glad to see Packet Storm back, but the thought of seeing another mudslinging attack by the AntiOnline Homies makes me cringe...

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  9. Nicely done. by gr · · Score: 1

    Really flashy page, but it loads fast enough, even as slashdotted as it presumably is right now.

    At a glance, I'd say all the old files are still there (searching for the latest 1000 files gives you just what you asked for... not that it's fun waiting for Netscape to render that), and it's all presented well.

    Their search engine's pretty basic in that you can't give terms higher or lower precedence, or exclude them entirely, unfortunately, but maybe that will change. (If I want to know about holes in screen, I do a search for "screen"... and the first thing returned - with four stars - is "nt.screensaver.token.txt"... so I try "screen -NT", same first choice, more NT stuff in the list below.)

    The archives page is very cool, pulling important stuff out into categories that are easy to browse, so maybe it's not really necessary that the search engine be perfect.

    This, google's release, and my new Palm IIIx all make me happy. :^>

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  10. DNS not updated yet by zanONi · · Score: 1

    Would someone be kind to post their new IP ?

    1. Re:DNS not updated yet by mvw · · Score: 2

      207.5.1.122

  11. ANTI-freespeech Online by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Damnit! They have a better looking more informative site then I do! Hmmm let me see here, add a few things to this log, call the FBI (numbers dialed in background) "Hello FBI, I got hacked again by a vicious group of crackers I profile..."

    JP

  12. overload by earlytime · · Score: 1

    looks like they're gonna need an upgrade. That thing is slashdotted already. I think they've underestimated how many folks are interested in packetstorm.

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  13. Whats up with this ? by generic · · Score: 1

    10.39.69.11 Internal address? or old harvard addresses?

    traceroute to 10.39.69.11 (10.39.69.11), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
    1 tas6-qe5.maine.rr.com (24.93.145.1) 15.646 ms * 4.139 ms
    2 pwmcore02-atm.maine.rr.com (204.210.64.253) 7.489 ms 4.991 ms 6.867 ms
    3 prbrt01-prrtr01.rr.com (24.218.188.30) 4.968 ms 5.293 ms 22.279 ms
    4 bsgsr01-prbrt01.rr.com (24.218.188.26) 7.370 ms 454.815 ms 10.713 ms
    5 nygsr01-bsgsr01.rr.com (24.218.188.22) 16.945 ms 16.229 ms 14.833 ms
    6 nybrt01-nygsr01.rr.com (24.218.188.5) 15.206 ms 14.960 ms 14.838 ms
    7 pnbrt01-nybrt01.rr.com (24.218.188.9) 18.492 ms 18.602 ms 16.900 ms
    8 sprint-nap.ibm.net (192.157.69.20) 99.654 ms 19.667 ms 23.998 ms
    9 nyor1sr1-5-0.ny.us.ibm.net (198.133.27.6) 22.759 ms 47.171 ms 30.571 ms
    10 nyc-br4-s4-p0.ny.us.prserv.net (165.87.140.5) 95.478 ms 107.131 ms 100.180 ms
    11 port1br1-10-1-0.pt.uk.ibm.net (152.158.23.25) 101.303 ms 207.499 ms 105.553 ms
    12 zuri1br1.zu.ch.ibm.net (152.158.50.1) 143.565 ms 135.260 ms 137.907 ms
    13 152.158.98.1 (152.158.98.1) 137.839 ms 144.676 ms 141.434 ms
    14 152.158.50.253 (152.158.50.253) 340.122 ms 333.118 ms 275.063 ms
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    30 * zuri1br1-1-2-1.zu.ch.ibm.net (152.158.50.254) 469.613 ms !X *

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  14. I don't like the new site that much. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I for one miss the msg board....that was one of the best parts of packetstorm where we could all go and discuss things and learn from each other. all i see in the new site is a bunch of exploits and then the old achives from packetstorm....kens old site always had more to offer....news,comments,more programs not just exploits. why not just go to rootshell? i'd like to complain more but i have class soon...just wanted to say i think this new site sucks compared to the old packet storm. anyone agree?

  15. Re:Stuff is missing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some reformatting shouldn't be a surprise, particularly in the directory structure; the information does live on a new server, after all, so the new admin is obviously going to arrange the data to his/her satisfaction, particularly if it saves space considered to be unnecessarily used.

    And they could of left the /jp directory in if they had wanted to without worrying about closing. The reason that the original site was pulled was because Johnny sent a gripe letter to Harvard, who was hosting the site, concerning the information in that directory. Harvard made the decision to remove the site; now that the folks who own the site are hosting it, this problem is no longer an issue. :)

    The new layout is prettier, but I do miss the random quote and random reason for not being able to access, though. :)

  16. Stuff is missing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    No, they won't get shut down because the /jp directory is missing, which resulted in getting the site shut down the first time.

    Also, the /webboard and /bofh are gone, which, IMO, actually were related to Security...they said they were only gonna rm the stuff that wasn't along the lines of security, which explains /jp, but doesn't really explain the missing board and bofh stuff.