[TriLUG] Network Security Professionals

[Cristóbal Palmer]

On Nov 5, 2007 1:44 PM, Jonathan Askew JBASKEW <JBASKEW at uncg.edu> wrote:
> currently learning to use snort, ethereal, and various other IDS apps, but
> what are the essential ones to learn?

:%s/ethereal/wireshark/g

fixed that for you. Learning to use the cli-based tshark might be
handy, too. Also, play around with Nessus.

If you want a thorough soaking with a firehose of security issues,
subscribe to bugtraq:

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1

the year I spent subscribed to that list was... educational. I've
since switched to subscribing to only the lists maintained by the
distros that I run.

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
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