It’s about time to call the end on the current poll with 412 votes, Which OS do you currently use the most? , and draw the results:
The best pentesting distribution is?
- Backtrack (62%, 252 Votes)
- Other (18%, 74 Votes)
- nUbuntu (9%, 36 Votes)
- Network Security Toolkit (2%, 9 Votes)
- General Knoppix (2%, 8 Votes)
- Pentoo (2%, 7 Votes)
- Samurai (2%, 7 Votes)
- Helix (1%, 4 Votes)
- STD (1%, 4 Votes)
- INSERT (1%, 3 Votes)
- Operator (1%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 412

The new poll is:
The most useful skills in a pentester's arsenal?
- Out of the box, unconventional thinking (hacker mindset) (22%, 24 Votes)
- Constant curiosity (also hacker mindset) (19%, 21 Votes)
- Social engineering (15%, 16 Votes)
- Programming and scripting (13%, 14 Votes)
- Exploit development (8%, 9 Votes)
- Vulnerability discovery and Fuzzing (7%, 8 Votes)
- Tool knowledge (6%, 7 Votes)
- Domain specific knowledge (like Networking, Operating Systems or Scada apps) (6%, 7 Votes)
- Forensics (2%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 70

This new poll is multi-choice, with a maximum of 3 selections allowed. So go ahead, and pick the three most useful skills you think a pentester should posses.
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