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Re: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest

Subject: Re: Vulnerability Assessment vs. PenTest
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:03:05 +0200 (CEST)
Hey pen-testers,

Just a quick contribution to the old VA vs. PT discussion.

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, James Harless wrote:

Where is the line between a Vulnerability Assessment and a PenTest? In other words, which tests do you run which identifies your assessment as a pentest rather than a VA?

You should check the "Proactive Security Square" by Pete Herzog (OSSTMM's creator). Find it here, along with a brief description of the 7 levels of security tests (starting from page 30):


http://www.satexpo.it/pdf/SatExpo_Satellite_Security.pdf

Finally, i'd like to point out this old post of mine, about testing of attack vectors other than IP:

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sf/pentest/2005-06/0304.html

Hope this helps,

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Marco Ivaldi
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