Re: The legal / illegal line?

["Varun Nair" <varun () xt1237 com>]

2 options:

1. Offer to do a free lightweight pen test for the company. They might
engage you for free and when you have something you can convince them
to hire you for a more comprehensive paid pen test.

2. Use Google and other resources to indirectly find issues with the
network/website under question and show it to them. IANAL but I do not
think this would be illegal. Maybe others can comments on this...

Regards,
Varun V Nair

On 05/03/07, Philosophil <flosofl () gmail com> wrote:
> I'd say it's pretty straight forward:
>
> Legal = you or your company is hired and has a contract with very
> specific language detailing what is to be tested
>
> Illegal = you perform an unsolicited pen-test in order to drum up
> business.  Or even to be a "good citizen"
>
> Basically, CYA and only do testing you have been hired to do.  Do no
> more than that, or be willing to face potential legal nightmare.
>
> Just my 2 cents.

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