Fedora rejects SQLninja
Fedora rejects SQLninja
Posted Nov 10, 2010 23:10 UTC (Wed) by steelhoof (guest, #71163)In reply to: Fedora rejects SQLninja by steelhoof
Parent article: Fedora rejects SQLninja
Best for the tool to not be in the repository.
Posted Nov 11, 2010 9:06 UTC (Thu)
by pcampe (guest, #28223)
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Posted Nov 11, 2010 17:17 UTC (Thu)
by Cato (guest, #7643)
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However, I can understand why Fedora doesn't want to distribute such tools - many people would use them for illegal purposes, and such tools are more clearly aimed at site hacking/cracking than more generic tools such as Perl (very popular as an exploit tool thanks to libwww-perl, but mostly used for non-exploit purposes.)
Posted Nov 12, 2010 2:38 UTC (Fri)
by gerdesj (subscriber, #5446)
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This is a penetration tool. Either you use it for "good" or "bad". In the end it is still a tool.
It is a piece of software, not something that can hurt you physically - it enables an admin to test their system from the outside for flaws. Yes - it also allows someone else to do the same.
Is that bad?
If I really wanted to test the physical properties of my body, I might start with a really long run, OK a really short run. Err, maybe I'll just wheeze a bit. But I reserve the right to test those limits in any way I choose.
I refuse to allow noddys like you to lose perspective - SQLninja is just a program which is designed to show design flaws in another program.
Use whatever pejorative language you like but its just a piece of auditing software in the end.
Cheers
Fedora rejects SQLninja
Fedora rejects SQLninja
Fedora rejects SQLninja
Jon