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NIST SP 800-42

Guideline on Network Security Testing

Date Published: October 2003

Author(s)

John Wack (NIST), Miles Tracy (Federal Reserve Information Technology), Murugiah Souppaya (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

intrusion detection; network security testing; password cracking; system test &; evaluation; vulnerability scanners
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-42
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
10/15/03: SP 800-42 (Final)