Comments on: AUSTIN - A PalmOS Vulnerability Scanner

By: Paul Clip

Paul Clip — Sat, 27 May 2006 04:04:33 +0000

The chances are very slim. This may change when I have a linux-ized Treo (i.e. in a couple years) but for right now there are too many other fun technologies to play with! :-)

By: Matthew Leeds

Matthew Leeds — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:11:43 +0000

It runs so fast that the first few times I was convinced it wasn’t really doing anything.

The UI is fine. However I’ve found that you had better only scan a host that exists. Pointing it at an IP that has no host locks up the Palm, so no scanning a range. I could really use something like SuperScan for the Palm. It would be great to pick a class C and scan for active hosts.

Any chance you’ll start Palm programming again?

By: Paul Clip

Paul Clip — Fri, 26 May 2006 05:37:24 +0000

Hey Matt,

Thanks for trying this out. I’m happy to hear that it actually still works. And even happier that it runs fast (it was pretty slow on my Treo 300, but my expectations were then as well ;-). Does the UI look OK?

By: Matthew Leeds

Matthew Leeds — Fri, 26 May 2006 00:19:41 +0000

OK, I’m an idiot. Or blind, or something. Found the databases, results are in there. Now all I need to do is take the time to play with the config databases and try various options. Looks like this is a viable tool on the TX. The link to the databases in Austin doesn’t always seem to be reliable, but just starting the db program seems to work fine.

And let me say, it’s screaming fast. Time to play and try out all the features.

Don’t use the interactive feature, it forces a soft reset.

Paul, thanks for this great tool. On a TX it’s a great way to scan hosts on a wireless network.