From: cdowns (cdowns@angrypacket.com)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 13:49:38 EDT
I would say the top 5 for myself are definately:
1: nmap ( the obvious )
2: hping ( packet munipulation ++ )
3: tcpdump ( great ASCII dump mode. )
4: ngrep ( search regex in packet sniff. )
5: ettercap ( I use this instead of "hunt" now for simplicity and just
works well. )
~!>D
Sam wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I would be interested in knowing how penetration testers rate various
>port scanners and packet sniffers?
>
>What would be the top five tools you would recommend?
>
>Thanks for any input,
>Sam
>
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