SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR'S INTEGRATED NETWORK TOOL

  

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SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR'S INTEGRATED NETWORK TOOL

Specialty Definition: SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR'S INTEGRATED NETWORK TOOL

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Computing

Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool (SAINT, originally "Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks", SATAN) A tool written by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema which remotely probes systems via the network and stores its findings in a database. The results can be viewed with an web browser. SAINT requires Perl 5.000 or better. In its simplest mode, SAINT gathers as much information about remote hosts and networks as possible by examining such network services as finger, NFS, NIS, FTP, TFTP, rexd, and other services. The information gathered includes the presence of various network information services as well as potential security flaws - usually in the form of incorrectly setup or configured network services, well-known bugs in system or network utilities, or poor or ignorant policy decisions. It can then either report on this data or use a simple rule-based system to investigate any potential security problems. Users can then examine, query, and analyze the output with a web browser. While the program is primarily geared towards analysing the security implications of the results, a great deal of general network information can be gained when using the tool - network topology, network services running, and types of hardware and software being used on the network. SAINT can also be used in exploratory mode. Based on the initial data collection and a user configurable ruleset, it will examine the avenues of trust and dependency and iterate further data collection runs over secondary hosts. This not only allows the user to analyse his own network, but also to examine the real implications inherent in network trust and services and help them make reasonably educated decisions about the security level of the systems involved. Home (http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/). Old SATAN page (http://www.fish.com/satan/). Mailing list (http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/list_server.html). (2000-08-12). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR'S INTEGRATED NETWORK TOOL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 45 43 55 52 49 54 59      41 44 4D 49 4E 49 53 54 52 41 54 4F 52 27 53      49 4E 54 45 47 52 41 54 45 44      4E 45 54 57 4F 52 4B      54 4F 4F 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000101 01000011 01010101 01010010 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01000001 01000100 01001101 01001001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001110 01000101 01010100 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 00100000 01010100 01001111 01001111 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0045 0043 0055 0052 0049 0054 0059      0041 0044 004D 0049 004E 0049 0053 0054 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 0027 0053      0049 004E 0054 0045 0047 0052 0041 0054 0045 0044      004E 0045 0054 0057 004F 0052 004B      0054 004F 004F 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5339375552435459235384743484353545235544952953243485439415235543938248395457495245254494946

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