Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks

SATAN
Original author(s)	Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema
Written in	Perl, Shell scripts
Operating system	Unix
Size	767k, uncompressed
Available in	English
Type	Security software
Website	www.porcupine.org/satan/

Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (SATAN) was a free software vulnerability scanner for analyzing networked computers. SATAN captured the attention of a broad technical audience, appearing in PC Magazine^[1] and drawing threats from the United States Department of Justice.^[1] It featured a web interface, complete with forms to enter targets, tables to display results, and context-sensitive tutorials that appeared when a vulnerability had been found.

^ ^a ^b Tabibian, O. Ryan (April 23, 1996). "Internet Scanner Finds Security Holes". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, Inc.

[pcmag-96-1] Tabibian, O. Ryan (April 23, 1996). "Internet Scanner Finds Security Holes". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, Inc.

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