All of this is done through Elemental Compliance's clickable GUI. The product relies on an Oracle back end, an Apache/Tomcat server center, and a Python-like interpreted scripting language called Fuel. It works with Windows, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, AIX 5.2/5.3, HP-UX 11i, and Mac OS X (Panther and Tiger).

Treo Hacking

I finally upgraded my aging, clunky cell phone with a new Treo 650. I don't want to say that my old cell phone was ancient, but whenever I made a trip to Tokyo, I seemed to cause spontaneous laughter from friends and strangers whenever I pulled it out. Old tech is not the way to gain respect in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Treo phones are probably second only to BlackBerries when it comes to customer loyalty. After buying one and using it during the past few weeks, I have to agree: The Treo 650 is a great all-around cell phone.

I was especially excited to download dozens of free Palm OS-ready software programs and games to my Treo. As a professional penetration tester, I downloaded every pen testing and hacking tool I could find. I was delighted to learn that The Hacker's Choice Hydra brute-force password-guesser program works with the Palm OS. I was also able to find war dialers, port scanners, Telnet programs, FTP servers, VNC, and several SSH tools. I put them all to the test -- go to my Security Adviser blog to see my Treo screenshots.