A small utility program that is used to investigate, or test, the status of a system, network or Web site. Probes are mostly used for lawful purposes to determine if a device is functional. They can also be used by crackers to locate weaknesses in the system. A Web probe analyzes a Web site and reports data such as response time, security protocols supported and type of Web server. See ping.
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- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
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- Software downloads 2009-07-16
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