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“After the tremendously successful
href="tools2000.html">2000 and 2003
security tools surveys,
href="http://www.insecure.org">Insecure.Org is delighted to
release this 2006 survey. I (
href="http://insecure.org/fyodor/">Fyodor) asked users
from the nmap-hackers
mailing list to share their favorite tools, and 3,243 people
responded. This allowed me to expand the list to 100 tools, and even
subdivide them into categories. Anyone in the security field
would be well advised to go over the list and investigate tools they
are unfamiliar with. I discovered several powerful new tools this
way. I also point newbies to this site whenever they write
me saying “I don't know where to start”.
” source...