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| Thread ID: 68263 | 2006-04-23 00:17:00 | pen testing? | newb. (10067) | Press F1 |
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| 448626 | 2006-04-23 00:17:00 | Sorry for this being a very simple question; but i couldn't find a definition of what pen testing actually is. From what I can make out, its basically security auditing? |
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| 448627 | 2006-04-23 03:08:00 | The "pen" seems to be an abbreviatioin for "penetration". "pen test" to Google will assist. :D "pen test site:edu" will find some more links for tests not associated with computer network security. There's a historic device called a "pen" which was popular before computers were invented. :cool: | Graham L (2) | ||
| 448628 | 2006-04-23 03:56:00 | it the nice kind of hacking :-) Eg. I run a company, it is connected to the internet. I pay $5000 to a "white hat" hacker. the hacker spend a few weeks trying to get in to my systems. at the end of it i get many pages of reports as to things that need to be fixed to stop "black hat" hackers form doing the same. white hat. searchsecurity.techtarget.com black hat. searchsecurity.techtarget.com on a side note there are also grey hat hackers who can be either white or black. if you realy want to know about pen testing. www.amazon.com Kevin Mitnick's book The Art of Intrusion Kevin Mitnick was a black hat and now he is a white hat. if you are thinking of get someone to do pen testing and they dont find ayn way in and have no improvments then thay dident do a good job. there is always another way to get in, the aim of pen testing is to make it so hard that the hacker give up. |
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