I find this thread interesting because I have never seen an OSSTMM that has
actually been finished, yet I have never seen any negative comments relating to
it.
I think that it is a fantastic high level guide, but to actually use the
methodology takes a huge amount of effort to figure out how to technically
perform each of the steps.
I understand that it is supposed to be "upto the creativity of the pen tester"
to figure out how to attack a target, but this doesn't provide a consistent
result between pen testers, which is what the whole methodology is supposed to
do - provide a consistent and comparable result for a client.
I haven't had a thorough look at ISSAF yet, but was impressed with the detail
that it provides.
I am interested to hear what others think in relation to these comments.
Anon
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