Available Tools
There is a wide array of tools available to help you in your penetration tests. These tools range from simple two-line scripts written in Perl to full-fledged application suites. I outline some of the available commercial and security community tools available to a penetration tester. This is by no means a complete list, and these products are ones that seem to shine in the light of the security community.
Commercial Products
Computer security is quickly becoming big business. The demand for precise tools for security consultants and internal security auditors has spawned a prosperous new field, that of commercial vulnerability scanners. All of these scanners are updated frequently and often allow a hands-off approach to vulnerability ...
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