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Am I missing something or does this document miss half of IT security,
from the word go?

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Marghanita da Cruz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Amos,
>
> You might like to check the Australian Government ICT Security Manual (ISM)
> it
> tends to talk at a higher conceptual level than specific applications. But
> provides useful contextual information...I would be interested in your
> comments
> about its relevance/comprehensiveness.
> <http://www.dsd.gov.au/library/infosec/ism.html>
>
> Marghanita
>
> Morgan Storey wrote:
>>
>> Hi Amos,
>>
>> That isn't a bad list, I tend to direct people to
>> http://sectools.org/vuln-scanners.html even though it is a little
>> dated, and doesn't mention OpenVAS (Nessus forked and OpenVAS is truly
>> OSS), I also use Webscarab, Xenu (just a link checker but gives you a
>> good list of the site), W3af, as it is open source and does some nice
>> fuzzing through its proxy, Nikto/Wikto and Nmap if it is more than
>> just web.
>> These are all just auto tests, they won't find everything and there
>> are some false finds too, so you also have to have a look at
>> techniques like sql injection (you can get sql injection tools like
>> the Acuntix, but it is not cheap), and imho you are better learning
>> the techniques yourself, cause if you know how a tool works you are so
>> much better off.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On 10/16/08, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need to find tools to run penetration testing on our external web
>>> interfaces (a web application and an HTTP-based data interface).
>>>
>>> The idea is to be able to run automatic tests on new releases before
>>> deployment. Stress is on "automatic".
>>>
>>> Has anyone here got good experience with such tools?  I'm digging through
>>> the net and found lots of lists (e.g.
>>>
>>> http://www.samurainet.org/blog/2008/05/12/web-application-penetration-testing-my-tools-of-the-trade/)
>>> but if someone can give some input from their personal experience on
>>> what's
>>> worth pursuing and what's a waste of time it'll, well..., might save us
>>> some
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> --Amos
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