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Son of SATAN? Weighing Security Software's Risks

Posted by timothy on from the guns-don't-kill-people dept.

ryanr writes "Rob Lemos put out an article on the new metasploit relese. The article reminds me of the furor over the original SATAN being released. H.D. Moore, who wrote it, rightly points out that there are commercial tools that do it better, and it's known that the kiddies have copies of those. Why pick on the open-source tool? I think Rob is being a bit provocative." Despite the headline ("Security tool more harmful than helpful?"), the article is actually pretty balanced.

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  1. SATAN -> SAINT by stonebeat.org · · Score: 5, Funny

    The common wisdom in the security world is that easy-to-use scripts to circumvent security--called "exploits"--are a threat to the Internet.
    The Metasploit Project and its founder, HD Moore, hope to change that perception.

    I thought changing the name from SATAN to SAINT, fixed that perception. I mean, how many attackers wanna use a tool called "SAINT", no matter how good it is.

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  2. Many insightful comments... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. For the /. crowd by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    the original SATAN being released

    When was Bill Gates Arrested?

    1. Re:For the /. crowd by Mateito · · Score: 5, Funny
      When was Bill Gates Arrested?

      1977

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