Re: Performing a Security Audit

From: Dustin Puryear (dpuryearat_private)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 09:46:43 PDT

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    On Mon, 2001-09-10 at 06:11, Nicolas Gregoire wrote:
    > 
    > > Can anyone provide links to sites or books or just be helpful by
    > > providing information on how a security review is approached? I am not
    > > really looking for information on analyzing a particular system or
    > > trying to exploit a given service--that information is more than readily
    > > available on the net and at the bookstore. Rather, I would like an
    > > overview of how a security audit is performed.
    > 
    > Have you really read the "Security Audit" thread ?
    
    I have been reading through it. It contains some excellent information,
    but I am also looking for something that provides a good outline, rather
    than a bit of information here and another bit there. 
    
    > Here a link to the Open-Source Security Testing Manual :
    > http://uk.osstmm.org/osstmm.htm
    
    Excellent! Very nice.
    
    Regards, Dustin
    
    PS This list does not set the Reply-To back to the list. Is there a
    reason for that?
    
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