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Re: Best Programming Language
From: Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:16:24 +0100
2009/10/16 Ahmed Sheipani <sheipani () gmail com>:
list; I believe that every security specialist must be able to write his own tools, it's a handy skill and you would need it sooner or later. Can you share what is your programming language of choice, and why?
I'd say it all depends on the job, the environment and the tools you have at hand. I tend to do a lot of work on embedded systems that are too large to take a python install so I do a lot in ruby and bash/ash. For desktop apps again ruby and bits of python where there are better libraries for certain things. I do my web scripting in php because it is widely deployed and you can find it on a lot of web servers you get access to. I'll also throw in a quick plug for a new project I'm setting up with Kevin Johnson, Chris Riley and a few others called Pentester Scripting. We are planning to put together a wiki or a blog that contains lots of scripts and snippets written in various languages to help out pen testers. The site will be at http://www.pentesterscripting.com and if you follow @PenTesterScript on Twitter we will make announcements when things move forward. Robin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Information Assurance Certification Review Board Prove to peers and potential employers without a doubt that you can actually do a proper penetration test. IACRB CPT and CEPT certs require a full practical examination in order to become certified. http://www.iacertification.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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