Re: what is pen-testing?

From: Hollis Johnson (hollis_at_cisco.com)
Date: 11/24/03

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To: "coder" <elite.coder@ntlworld.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>

    Well, it's not testing Bic's as I thought at first :-,

    "penetration testing" is simply exploring how to get illegal accesses to a
    device or application.

    Yeah, we used to do some of that in QA in the past. But this is focused on
    trying to break in rather than focusing that things work as promised. Cool
    name, eh??

    At 09:11 AM 11/24/2003 +0000, coder wrote:
    >Hi all,
    >I am a newbie to security, and I just wondered what this pen-test thing that
    >keeps popping up is all about
    >
    >Thanx
    >
    >Binks
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