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Automated Penetration Testing with LLM Agents and Classical Planning

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Main Authors:	Wang, Lingzhi, Shi, Xinyi, Li, Ziyu, Jiang, Yi, Tan, Shiyu, Jiang, Yuhao, Cheng, Junjie, Chen, Wenyuan, Shen, Xiangmin, LI, Zhenyuan, Chen, Yan
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Cryptography and Security
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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