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pkgsrc vs skipfish

A side-by-side look at pkgsrc and skipfish. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

pkgsrc

pkgsrc

Development

pkgsrc is a portable packaging system for Unix-like operating systems. It provides over 12,000 software packages, is used on various platforms, and focuses on providing software that is up to date and consistent across systems.

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skipfish

skipfish

Security & Privacy

Skipfish is an active web application security reconnaissance tool. It prepares an interactive sitemap for the targeted site by carrying out recursive crawl and dictionary-based probes. Skipfish is useful for quickly analyzing web applications for potential security flaws.

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