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RE: Pre-Scanning for Marketing


From: "Chris Serafin" <chris () chrisserafin com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:25:17 -0600

I found a huge school district with NO wireless encryption and tried to have
my employer do this.  They have over 50 routers connecting the school's and
this HAS to be a non-compliance issue with student records. Since then, my
employer has done nothing to contact the school.

Chris Serafin
IT Security / Voice Engineer
chris () chrisserafin com





-----Original Message-----
From: Password Crackers, Inc. [mailto:pwcrack () pwcrack com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:11 AM
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Pre-Scanning for Marketing

I am interested if anyone on the list has ever tested or implemented a
marketing program that involved pre-scanning (wired or wireless) a prospect
and then sending a letter or email describing potential vulnerabilities and
offering assistance in closing these vulnerabilities.  I have never done
this because of the anticipated negative reaction, but I am curious as to
what the outcome was if anyone else has done it.  Single instances would be
interesting, but I am more curious if anyone has implemented this in a more
broad-based way and has positive and/or negative response rate statistics.

Bob Weiss
Password Crackers, Inc.


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