Renowned researcher HD Moore and startup BreakingPoint Systems's "baby" has finally arrived -- the company is launching its new all-in-one network and security testing appliance that Moore helped build.

The BPS-1000, which has been under development and under wraps for more than a year, conducts performance, integrity, and security testing of the network and network devices. It's different from penetration tools in that it tests both sides of the connection, says Moore, director of security research at BreakingPoint, and developer of the popular open-source Metasploit tool.

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