Towards a taxonomy of network security testing techniques.

Presented at Black Hat USA 1999, July 8, 1999, 11 a.m. (60 minutes).

Security scanners such as SATAN are poorly understood by almost everyone who has never written one. Despite this lack of understanding, scanners are being widely sold, and sometimes even deployed. This talk will focus on the details of how scanners actually work in the field, and why the results they give range from somewhat to very misleading.


Presenters:

  • Adam Shostack - Director of Technology, Netect, Inc.
    Adam Shostack is Director of Security Technologies for Bindview Development. Mr Shostack is a leader in the design and development of BindView's HackerShield security scanner. He also serves on the board of the International Financial Cryptography Association, and has published papers on a variety of security topics.

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