Re: [PEN-TEST] Where do you go?

[Rafael Coninck Teigao <rafael () SAFECORE NET>]

Ryan Russell wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Tim Hirst wrote:
>
> > Once upon a time, when a Penetration Tester needed to get the latest
> > vulnerability information or the most recent exploit code, they had a
> > few good sites to choose from. But now rootshell and insecure.org
> > haven't been updated in eons (in internet time) and packetstorm no
> > longer has the same cutting edge feel that they once had (damn you JP!).
>
> If I may throw in a question (since we host this list :) ), what's missing
> from SecurityFocus.com that makes us not the best place for that kind of
> stuff?
>
>                                         Ryan

    That's easy: SecurityFocus.com does not look so underground like
PackStorm (really, they look like a Sci-Fi hackers movie) :-).

    Just kidding, I like SecurityFocus a lot, but sometimes I think it's hard
to find what I want. Of course the BID is E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T and I refer  to
it as much as I can, but I don't like the look and feel of the site. Whenever
I try to look for a paper or article... usually I get mad with the search
engine and the page sometimes take sooooo long to load (I think it is too
heavy and the banners changing so quickly), also the info-sec radio could use
other formats, like MP3.

    SecurityFocus has the best info there is, but I can't stand searching for
it for long periods.

    []'s,
    Rafael Coninck Teigao
    CTO
    SafeCore Network Solutions
    http://SafeCore.NET

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