RE: [pacnog] Tools for Testing of Firewalls

To: "'Joel Jaeggli'" <joelja@uoregon.edu>, "Hervey Allen" <hervey@nsrc.org>
Subject: RE: [pacnog] Tools for Testing of Firewalls
From: "Shain Singh" <shain.singh@aapt.com.au>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:50:50 +1000
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Joel Jaeggli wrote:

> bearing in mind of course that you're chasing a moving target, testing
> yesterday's applications against today's dos tools in hopes that the
> will protect against tomorrows attacks.

Possibly a little off-topic but I believe the original post was on tools for
testing the firewall, and not the usage of currently available DoS-related
tools.

If we were to get onto that topic then I would say that the usage and
application of such tools is no substitute for the knowledge that is
inherent in being able to script one up yourself.

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- Re: [pacnog] Tools for Testing of Firewalls
  - From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@uoregon.edu>

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