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Re: Starting Out
From: John Skinner <john.skinner () vanderbilt edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:49:20 -0500
On 8/9/06 4:22 PM, "Lyndon Barry" <lyndon.barry () d-a-p net> wrote:
Hi, First post, so please be gentle. I'm a support engineer for a firewall developer, and part of my role involves keeping the network safe. The problem is, I don't know enough about penetration attacks to know what I should look for. I do have access to testbeds & test networks with which to practice, but I was hoping someone on here could point me to a good source of ethical information/tools in order to start getting the right knowledge. Any suggestions will be gratefully accepted. Lyndon
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