would you really trust them to report the problems, not just save the info
for after you go live?
David Lang
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> From: Neil D. Quiogue <neil @
iphil .
net>
> To: hartmut .
fehling @
hamburg .
netsurf .
de
> Cc: Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM
> Subject: Re: Calling the Horde
> Date: Thursday, July 03, 1997 5:01 PM
>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 hartmut .
fehling @
hamburg .
netsurf .
de wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Check the legalities of this 'breaking' session. There are companies
> which have security policies that does not allow this. And I think it is
> bad practice to do this since the information would cascade throughout
the
> underground community.
>
> Why not try to do this yourself? In security parlance, do not trust
> anyone.
>
> [---]
> Neil D. Quiogue
> IPhil Communications Network, Inc.
> e-mail: neil @
iphil .
net
>
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