Explanation:
The pointer is the variable that will store the address of the other variable of the same datatype.
Following are the disadvantages of using a pointer.
1. Pointer sometimes causes a segmentation fault in the program.
2. Sometimes pointer leads to a memory leak.
3. A pointer variable is slower than normal variable.
4. Sometimes the program is crash if we using pointer because sufficient memory is not allocated during runtime.
5. If we using pointer it is difficult to find the error in the program.
Answer:
The specific type of tools that can assist teams by identifying attacks and indicators of compromise by collecting, aggregating, and correlating log and alert data from routers, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint logs, Web filtering devices, and other security issues are:
1. Arachni
2. Grabber
3. Iron wasp
4. Nogotofail
5. SonarQube
6. SQLMap
7. W3af
8. Wapiti
9. Wfuzz
10. ZedAttack Proxy Zap
Explanation:
The testing tool is capable of uncovering a number of vulnerabilities, to scan small web applications, to uncover over 25 types of web application vulnerabilities, to detect TLS/SSL vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, to measure the source code quality of a web application, to detect and utilize SQL injection vulnerability in a website’s database, to find over 200 types of security issues in web applications, to check web applications for security vulnerabilities.
The security testing tool supports command-line access for advanced users can also be used to intercept a proxy for manually testing a webpage.