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Yea, I think a better term would be application security assessment where one tests the application for security flaws. Penetration testing stems originally fro
by dmayer 12y ago
Yea, I think a better term would be application security assessment where one tests the application for security flaws. Penetration testing stems originally from network security where one actually tries to penetrate a network. It's not a great term for software, I agree.
- bartbes 12y agoI think the intent here is to decrypt and then reverse engineer the network traffic, so they can then check for vulnerabilities server-side. So they aren't auditing the application, they're just trying to find a way in.
- wglb 12y ago(You are plying to the author of the article, possibly intending to reply to the parent.) This is part of auditing an application. Finding a way in is only one step of the process.