I would say the top 5 for myself are definately: 1: nmap ( the obvious ) 2: hping ( packet munipulation ++ ) 3: tcpdump ( great ASCII dump mode. ) 4: ngrep ( search regex in packet sniff. ) 5: ettercap ( I use this instead of "hunt" now for simplicity and just works well. ) ~!>D Sam wrote: >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 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe, May 12-15 in Amsterdam, the >world's premier event for IT and network security experts. The two-day >Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13 taught by professionals. >The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24 top speakers with no vendor >sales pitches. Deadline for the best rates is April 25. Register today to >ensure your place. http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-pen-test >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- -------------------------------------------- http://www.angrypacket.com Christopher M Downs,RHCE cdownsat_private char ash[]="\x48\x61\x69\x6C\x20" "\x74\x6F\x20\x74\x68\x65\x20\x4B" "\x69\x6E\x67"; -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training Europe, May 12-15 in Amsterdam, the world's premier event for IT and network security experts. The two-day Training features 6 hand-on courses on May 12-13 taught by professionals. The two-day Briefings on May 14-15 features 24 top speakers with no vendor sales pitches. Deadline for the best rates is April 25. Register today to ensure your place. http://www.securityfocus.com/BlackHat-pen-test ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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