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Subject: Calling the Horde
From: hartmut . fehling @ hamburg . netsurf . de
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 18:20:31 -0000
To: Firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199707021820 . LAA00955 @ honor . greatcircle . com>

Hi,

I just installed Checkpoint´s Firewall-1 in a cascaded configuration with a
proxy and could not detect any security holes myself using standard
security scanners.

In order to make a really tough test before I actually connect the gateway
to our network, I could ask some people I know in the Underground to spread
the IP-Address, maybe the HW/SW-Configuration and perhaps even the
FW-1-Settings and invite the guys to try it out and break in (into the
empty network behind it).

Question: Is this a wise thing to do / Has anybody "invited" Hackers in
such a fashion?

(I trust security consultants to help me set up a secure site, but not to
drive a serious attack as a test)

TIA,

    Hartmut Fehling


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