Re: RE: OSSTMM how good is it?

From: mythoughts@aboutosstmm.com
Date: Tue May 16 2006 - 20:38:39 EDT

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) I find this thread interesting because I have never seen an OSSTMM that has actually been finished, yet I have never seen any negative comments relating to it.

I think that it is a fantastic high level guide, but to actually use the methodology takes a huge amount of effort to figure out how to technically perform each of the steps.

I understand that it is supposed to be "upto the creativity of the pen tester" to figure out how to attack a target, but this doesn't provide a consistent result between pen testers, which is what the whole methodology is supposed to do - provide a consistent and comparable result for a client.

I haven't had a thorough look at ISSAF yet, but was impressed with the detail that it provides.

I am interested to hear what others think in relation to these comments.

Anon

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