I'm not sure.  The only thing I was able to find regarding it was this thread: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-5-frequently-asked-questions/40155-forum-rules.html

But it doesn't specify how long the moderation period is.

Are you able to ping IP addresses assigned to other physical machines, or only IPs within your one machine (ie main OS and other VM's)?  If the latter, you might need to reconfigure the BT VM to a different network connection type.  I haven't used VMWare much, but in VirtualBox you are able to configure the network connection type to bridged, NAT, internal, etc.  Bridged/NAT will allow you to access outside of your host OS, otherwise you're only able to ping IP's within your host OS.

I saw your thread regarding the same issue over at BT's forums.  I posted a reply also, but my posts still require approval (newer account).  Hopefully we can find some kind of resolution soon.

I setup BT5 Gnome 64-bit in a VM this morning and updated it, and I'm getting the LIBSSH error that f4csimil3 has been getting.

I downloaded hydra's tarball, but I'm having issues compiling it with SSH.  The README shows the basic install instructions I'm used to (./configure, make, make install), but just underneath that it says if you want to add SSH support, you need to add a specific option to the "cmake command line."  Tried using cmake instead of make, and I get an error saying there's no CMakeLists.txt.  I'm not sure if there's a way to create that easily or a way to add the needed option to "make" instead of "cmake," but I'm stuck at this point.

Yep, looks like it.  Checking this thread:

http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/old-backtrack-4-package-feature-requests/19759-hydra-compiled-without-libssh-support.html

...purehate replied saying it was resolved.  I'm not sure if a simple: "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" would resolve the issue or not, but it looks like the steps in post #2 in that thread solved the issue for a couple other users.  I'd try the apt-get method first.

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That thread I found was an old one lol.  So it looks like they didn't compile it was SSH capabilities in both BT4 and BT5 upon release.  Not sure if this is in the works to get resolved (again), or if they are leaving it up to the users to add the capability themselves.

No problem.  And I just wanted to note that while the errors don't look like syntax errors, that's one aspect we can make sure we cover while troubleshooting.  I'm not sure about the FTP error, but the SSH error looks like something up with the app itself.  But you said you were using BT5 and I haven't experienced any issues with hydra on my copy of BT5 (Gnome 32-bit).  Which brings up another question, which version of BT5 are you using - Gnome/KDE, 32-bit/64-bit?  I noticed a few weird issues with my 64-bit copy (uninstalled at the moment, so I can't test it to verify), but I didn't use hydra on it either before uninstalling it.

Anyway, let us know how it goes.  We'll get you up and running

I think usually the login and password files are different.  The one containing the usernames/logins is a list with one username per line, the password list is a different file using the same format - one password per line - usually a dictionary of some sort.  Checking the hydra man page, the format looks to be a little different than what you have also.  Usually the options go before the target.

First off, welcome to the forum

I haven't taken a course from eLearnSecurity personally, but from what I've read it's a great course.  eLearnSecurity actually just came out with a Student course that teaches the basic knowledge of what you'll build upon in the Pro course.  There's a form there on their homepage (http://www.elearnsecurity.com/index.php) that'll allow you to get a free demo of one of their lessons.  Check it out and see what you think!

You'll see Armando (founder of eLearnSecurity) poke his head into the forums here also.

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Looks like I was typing up my reply at the same time Kris was :-P

I'm not a forensics guy, but that was really fun/interesting to watch

Thanks for sharing those links, WCNA.  I liked that TED Talk, it was both interesting and "srsly? wow..." seeing the history of the Internet told like that haha.  His article was a good read too.  I wasn't into the infosec scene in 2005, but relative to how fast technology changes, I imagine the role of security pros and "hackers" have as well.  I'd be interested in hearing his views on #4 these days.

Gratz SephStorm!

Gratz MaXe, that's awesome!

Congrats Jaime.R! Enjoy it

I don't believe the Linksys products allow you to create more than one subnet.  But flashing the unit with DD-WRT (depends on the Linksys model) and configuring VLANs might give you the setup you're looking for.

ALT+F2 will drop a box from the top of the screen that'll give you the same functionality.