Package Reviews Needed

Casey Dahlin cdahlin at redhat.com
Tue Jun 7 13:25:18 UTC 2011


On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 03:12:19PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Tom Callaway wrote:
> > pyrit:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691894
> 
> <SARCASM>Oh great, because a tool to parasite wireless connections which the 
> owners went out of the way to secure with the best available protocol is 
> EXACTLY what we need…</SARCASM>
> 
> Use of this tool is probably against the law in most of the world. (Some 
> countries even ban using unencrypted wireless networks without explicit 
> permission.) And I fail to see any legitimate use for this tool.
> 

White hats and black hats require the exact same tools to do their job.
Penetration testing is a huge part of what security researchers do.

--CJD


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