21 June 2003

21Jun2003

Real Names, Please.

By carlfish on

As a courtesy, I'd like to ask anyone commenting on this site to leave their real name with the comment. That is, unless you're someone I've known online for so long under an alias that I wouldn't recognise your real name.

21Jun2003

The Value of Penetration Testing

By carlfish on

Penetration Testing is a security practice during which some trusted party attempts to detect and exploit weaknesses in a system's security. It is possibly one of the more fun aspects of security work, as it is the closest a legitimate 'white-hat' hacker can get to the sort of fun the black-hats get up to.