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nMap, A Free And Must-Have Tool For Security Pros, Just Saved Me: Page 2 of 2

As I go through my mailbox and sort through the 1,000 different security products that I'm seemingly pitched on every week, I couldn't help but smile as I reflected on the fact that some my favorite, and most useful tools,...
randy george
April 14, 2008

The point: If I weren't in the habit of probing and hacking the machines I care about, my mistake would have certainly resulted in me finding out the hard way. And you don't necessarily need sophisticated tools to do it. A freeware tool was more than adequate for pointing out this security issue.

If you know of any great freeware security tools, PLEASE, share them with the community and myself. I know its cliché, but in the security arena more so than any other area of IT, knowledge is power.

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