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Article: InternetWorld D I A R Y
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 24, 1995
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Joseph Gallivan
Do you reject Satan? And all his works? Users of the Internet
attending the InternetWorld trade show in San Jose 10 days ago were
still making up their minds. The online community is abuzz with the
question, after this month's release over the Net of a piece of
software called Satan (Security Administrators Tool for Analysing
Networks).
Satan probes a computer network from the outside to find
weaknesses in its security system. Administrators are meant to test
their own systems with it, then quickly plug the gaps. Its arrival
is worrying for some as it could allow a new wave of wannabe
hackers to break into universities, banks and corporations.
Dan Farmer, one of the authors, ...