Hi, About 80% of my packet throwing needs (not necessarily port scanning per se) are covered by the following: 1. nmap 2. sing 3. nemesis 4. hping2 5. ftester (firewall tester) As for packet sniffers- I stick with tcpdump and ettercap. Sincerely, -pete. Pete Herzog Managing Director Institute for Security and Open Methodologies www.isecom.org www.osstmm.org ISECOM is the OSSTMM Professional Security Tester (OPST) and OSSTMM Professional Security Analyst (OPSA) certification authority. > -----Original Message----- > From: Devilscrow Sr [mailto:devilscrowat_private] > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 1:17 PM > To: pen-testat_private > Subject: RE: Port Scanners / Sniffers Review > > > <!-- > 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? > --> > > Hi Sam, > > Scanners > 1. hping2 > 2. nmap/xprobe2 > > Sniffers > 1. tcpdump > 2. dsniff > 3. ettercap > > /dev | ls cr0w/ > > > -- > --- ACK and you shall receive --- > > ------------------------------------------------- > Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered by Trend Micro, USA. > Know more at http://mail.sify.com > > Sify Power mail- a Premium Service from Sify Mail! > know more at http://mail.sify.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know that you have VNC running on your network? Your hacker does. Plug your security holes. Download a free 15-day trial of VAM: http://www.securityfocus.com/StillSecure-pen-test ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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