Penetration Testing: Re: Best Programming Language

[Derek Fountain <derekfountain () yahoo co uk>]

david lodge wrote:
> [*] perl is sort of a poor man's awk/shell bastard mix with libraries
> added, the libraries are pretty much all that saves it being consigned
> to the wastebin of history.
Perl isn't a poor man's anything. It's got a massive feature set before 
you start to look at the libraries. It's very quick to develop with, 
very flexible and cross platform. It's a great language for security 
work: it's network access functions are excellent, low level right 
through to high level. It's got great HTTP, SQL and sysadmin facilities. 
Loads of exploits are written with it and it's perfect for knocking up 
quick, automated custom tests and attacks.
David, if you don't like Perl that's fine, but stating your rather 
extreme opinions as facts to people asking for advice really isn't fair, 
either on the language or the person asking for advice.
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