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RES: Programming skills for Pen Testers
From: "7978488" <javier.augusto () gmx net>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:48:47 -0300
+1 !!! Totally agree with you. You got to know how to code or at least how to read code. Of course, we're talking about serious pen-testing, aren't we?
I think having some basic programming skills are a must when doing
pen-testing and other security work (e.g. looking at virus code, finding systems changes, etc.). Over the years I have learned how to debug code, decompile code, and even writing my own tools, because some of the open source did not meet my requirements. I subscribe to developer magazine and forums to learn. I even pay to have private one-on-one classes with some of my commercial security tools developer friends to learn more.
In this fast pace security environment in pays to keep ahead of the
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- Programming skills for Pen Testers johnny Mnemonic (Feb 10)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Terry Vernon (Feb 10)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Muhammad Omar Khan (Feb 11)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers Justin Ferguson (Feb 10)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers FocusHacks (Feb 11)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers intel96 (Feb 12)
- RES: Programming skills for Pen Testers 7978488 (Feb 12)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers intel96 (Feb 12)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers thomas springer (Feb 11)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers pagvac (Feb 11)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Sahir Hidayatullah (Feb 11)
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- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Shenk, Jerry A (Feb 11)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers jeremiah (Feb 11)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Craig Wright (Feb 12)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers johnny Mnemonic (Feb 12)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers Jeremy Saintot (Feb 28)
- Re: Programming skills for Pen Testers Justin Ferguson (Feb 28)
- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Craig Wright (Feb 12)
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- RE: Programming skills for Pen Testers Terry Vernon (Feb 10)