Sunday, April 4, 2010
Penetration Testing: Learn Assembly?
This afternoon a question came up on the #metasploit IRC channel (irc.freenode.net). The questioner asked: "Should a good penetration tester know assembly?". This lead to some discussion about when and where assembly language skills become important in the scope of a penetration test. My normal response to "Should I learn [something]?" questions is always a resounding YES; it is hard to know too much as a penetration tester or system auditor.