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Screencast: How to use Nipper to create network security reports


Peter Giannoulis, Contributor
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This month, Peter Giannoulis of The Academy.ca details the Nipper free open source network infrastructure parser tool, demonstrating how to use it to produce configuration-based or security audit reports for a wide range of network infrastructure devices.

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    About the author:
    Peter Giannoulis, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GCFW, GREM, CISSP, is an information security consultant in Toronto, Ontario. He currently maintains www.theacademy.ca, which provides organizations streaming video on how to configure and troubleshoot many of today's top security products. He also serves as a technical director for GIAC.

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