Tinfoil Security
Security and privacy
web vulnerability scanning
SHOW HN2011
36points
8comments
#332of 1,097 in 2011
Top 31%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Pricing: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Wanted by early startups who cannot afford security work
From 1 comment
Really looking forward to what 'borski manages to do with this. This has been a crazy-making problem for me over the last few years on HN --- we get calls from lots of very early…
tptacek on HN
Looks useful to non-experts
From 1 comment
Looks very useful, I have next to no security knowledge past the basics. Whats the business model? pay first or pay for the solution?
beck5 on HN
Objections
Custom crawler questioned versus existing open tools
From 1 comment
Why did you choose to write your own crawler and fuzzer? Wouldn't it have been easier to use Wapiti, Nikto, Nessus, and W3af with a lightweight SaaS wrapper of your own?
nyellin on HN
Requests
Support for desktop and mobile products
From 1 comment
Is this for websites only? Or will you be able to work with other types of products such as desktop (OS X/Windows/Linux) or mobile (iPhone, Win Phone 7, Android)?
mweil on HN
Questions
Is it only for websites?
From 1 comment
Is this for websites only? Or will you be able to work with other types of products such as desktop (OS X/Windows/Linux) or mobile (iPhone, Win Phone 7, Android)?
mweil on HN
What is the business model?
From 1 comment
Looks very useful, I have next to no security knowledge past the basics. Whats the business model? pay first or pay for the solution?
beck5 on HN
Alternatives named
Wapiti, Nikto, Nessus, w3af
From 1 comment
Why did you choose to write your own crawler and fuzzer? Wouldn't it have been easier to use Wapiti, Nikto, Nessus, and W3af with a lightweight SaaS wrapper of your own?
nyellin on HN