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Port Scanners / Sniffers Review

From: "Sam" <sangthomas () rediffmail com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:47:03 +0530



Hello,

I would be interested in knowing how penetration testers rate various
port scanners and packet sniffers?

What would be the top five tools you would recommend?

Thanks for any input,
Sam


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