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Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming
From: "van der Kooij, Hugo" <Hugo.van.der.Kooij () CAIW NL>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:23:56 +0200
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
H Carvey wrote:Assume you're given a pen test. All you have is a domain name. A couple of quick checks tell you that the systems in question are Win32 machines. Your goal is to "tag" a file. No DoS allowed.I always assume that a DoS is cheating. Besides, any machine/network can be dossed -- proves nothing about the security of the site.
Depends on the ease with which you can do the DoS. I managed to create a DoS by accident. My link was 64kB while the customer had a 2Mb/s line but his router was underpowered and buckled the first time I hit it with Nessus. Hugo. -- Hugo van der Kooij; Oranje Nassaustraat 16; 3155 VJ Maasland hvdkooij () caiw nl http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~hvdkooij/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Quoting this tagline is illegal! (http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html)
Current thread:
- [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming H Carvey (Oct 07)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Mark Teicher (Oct 09)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Etaoin Shrdlu (Oct 11)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Bennett Todd (Oct 11)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming van der Kooij, Hugo (Oct 12)
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- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Dunker, Noah (Oct 09)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Deus, Attonbitus (Oct 10)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Danny DS Stieler (Oct 09)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming H Carvey (Oct 11)
- Re: [PEN-TEST] Hypothetical Wargaming Deus, Attonbitus (Oct 11)