[AusNOG] Pen Testing Tools

[Thomas Cuthbert]

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> Absolutely – I have seen something as simple as an nmap port scan tickle a
> latent bug and cause widespread service interruptions.


If an application is so buggy that it falls over to a ping sweep maybe we
should be thanking the tester for uncovering the critical flaw in the
application instead?! :P


Regards,

Thomas Cuthbert


On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Bob Purdon <bobp at purdon.id.au> wrote:

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> Ø  Be aware that running penetration tools just to see what happens can
> lead to spectacular outages and questions of who authorised this.
>
> Absolutely – I have seen something as simple as an nmap port scan tickle a
> latent bug and cause widespread service interruptions.
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