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    Review: Practical Packet Analysis - In the introduction, McIlwraith points out that security awareness training properly consists of communication, raising of issues, and encouragement to modify behaviour. (This will come as no surprise to those who recall the definition of training as the modification of attitudes and behaviour.) He also notes that security professionals frequently concentrate solely on presentation of problems. The remainder of the introduction looks at other major security activities, and the part that awareness plays in ensuring that they actually work.

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Linux Penetration Testing With Nmap
14th, August, 2007

How can you be sure your network is secure? Before you can patch vulnerabilities you need to discover them. You need to think like a cracker might. You need to hack your own system. This is known as