[Courses] [Careers] Computer Security career path

[Julie B]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:16:53 -0500, Elwing <elwing at elwing.org> wrote:
> My favorite type of security work is penetration testing.  It's a thrill
> to "get in" and find out all kinds of information.  What's even more of
> a thrill is presenting the findings to the client.  In most cases, they
> can't believe how insecure there network is - in others, the admins knew
> it, they just needed a 3rd party to prove it to management.

Just to satisfy my endless curiosity on this topic, do you normally
find that a standard set of scripts/tools is all it takes to crack
most systems, or do you instead find yourself crafting specific
attacks for the majority of the systems you're working on.

-Julie