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Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs)
From: Matt Reid <matthew () servepath com>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:06:24 -0700
Hi all,Here is a basic list of some progs to use for pen-testing. If anyone wants to add some on here in the respective categories we could get a really good list going for pen-testers!
-Matt Reid *Port Scanners* Amap – versioning port scanner NMap – general purpose port scanner pPscan – proxy port scanner * Vuln Scanners* Nessus – general vul. scanner DNAscan – for ASP Owa – Outlook Web Nikto – http vulns *Brute Forcers & Crackers* John the Ripper – password cracker WlGen – word list generator Hydra – multi-protocol authentication brute forcer *DNS enumeration* Ghba – RDNS scanner Dig – DNS lookup util Nslookup – interactive name server query engine *Loggers* Tcpdump – network traffic dumper Ethereal – network traffic analyzer – use in conjunction with tcpdump Kismet – wifi traffic analyzer *Dicts [to concat into larger file]* Argon – 2GB dict file Cracklib - another good one Word.lst - word list *Trojans & Rootkits*BackOrifice - Back Orifice is not a virus. It is in essence a remote administration tool.
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- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) Daniel Miessler (Aug 03)
- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) Bernhard Mueller (Aug 04)
- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) AdamT (Aug 04)
- RE: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) AEHeald (Aug 04)
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- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) Omar Herrera (Aug 05)
- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) s0u1d13r s0u1d13r (Aug 06)
- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) Matt Reid (Aug 06)
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- Re: What are some good sources to keep me up top :) ? Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (Aug 07)
- Re: What are some good sources to keep me up top :) ? AdamT (Aug 07)
- Re: What are some good sources to keep me up top :) ? Pigeon (Aug 07)
- Re: All of the things you need to learn to be a pen-tester (Re: Pen t est basic needs) Nick Waringa (Aug 09)