Re: Best Programming Language

[madunix <madunix () gmail com>]

i do most of my tools with Python and C

madunix

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com> wrote:
> 2009/10/16 Ahmed Sheipani <sheipani () gmail com>:
> > list;
> >
> > I believe that every security specialist must be able to write his own
> > tools, it's a handy skill and you would need it sooner or later.
> >
> > Can you share what is your programming language of choice, and why?
>
> I'd say it all depends on the job, the environment and the tools you
> have at hand. I tend to do a lot of work on embedded systems that are
> too large to take a python install so I do a lot in ruby and bash/ash.
> For desktop apps again ruby and bits of python where there are better
> libraries for certain things. I do my web scripting in php because it
> is widely deployed and you can find it on a lot of web servers you get
> access to.
>
> I'll also throw in a quick plug for a new project I'm setting up with
> Kevin Johnson, Chris Riley and a few others called Pentester
> Scripting. We are planning to put together a wiki or a blog that
> contains lots of scripts and snippets written in various languages to
> help out pen testers. The site will be at
> http://www.pentesterscripting.com and if you follow @PenTesterScript
> on Twitter we will make announcements when things move forward.
>
> Robin
>
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