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Mark Davidson’s blog for Third Year Computing Science Project at the University of East Anglia.
The goal of the project is to Investigate and implement existing and new techniques to create a scalable offensive penetration testing tool.
It will develop a flexible system to launch a network based attack with a scaling capability from one processor to a massively distributed cluster; the attack will be against a range of heterogeneous machines/operating systems.
The system will examine its environment and decide on the most effective scale for an attack based on the resources available, the nature of the target, type of attack and the level of stealth desired. The system will configure itself appropriately, launch an attack and report the results.
Update:
I have since completed the initial stage of this project and done the presentation as part of my university degree. I will in the near future be making my research and the project code publically available.
In the mean time if anyone is interested in the project please email me <mark@fluxnetworks.co.uk> or contact me via twitter.
I’m planning to continue with the development of the project in my spare time expanding on the infrastructure and improving the functionality of the solution.
Update 2:
If you are a third year student at UEA undertaking this project or a similar project. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
