April 2, 2010, 2:17PM
HD Moore on Metasploit, Exploitation and the Art of Pen Testing
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Digital Underground podcast with Dennis Fisher
Dennis Fisher talks with HD Moore, the founder of the Metasploit Project and the chief security officer at Rapid7, about the evolution of Metasploit, the difficulty of client-side exploitation in the age of DEP and ASLR and the decision on when to publish an exploit.
*Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65
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Art tho it may be, the pen-test in but only one small facet of the IT management process. Scanned and Fully-patched are still highly susceptible to all matter of threats and misuse. Elevating the pen-test to art form, which by itself won't keep a network fully secure, it akin to milking a cow with satin gloves and claiming product is silky smooth.