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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Deebster to c/cybersecurity

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The name, that is.

I was curious if Burp Suite's Dafydd Stuttard was Welsh, which led me to his AMA video.

PortSwigger was his handle when he was starting out, and was a pun about the fortified wine from Portugal and port scanners.

That vid also answers who is Peter Wiener.

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[–] vollkorntomate 4 points 1 week ago

Even the name "Burp" Suite itself is not what you’d get from a serious corporation