Re: Exploit through firewall question

[Larry Offley <lucullus () shaw ca>]

One easy for them to understand reason would be something like this. For 
example many Virii and trojans phone home and allow the owner a reverse 
shell effectivelly bypassing the firewall and no they are nolonger 
attacking from the public side but the internal side. A hard shell is 
nice but a soft chewy center is only nice for the hackers need some nuts 
in there

Larry Offley
www.offley.ca



mr.nasty () ix netcom com wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. You've confirmed what I had passed to mgmt. But I still have a problem (with mgmt) 
> understanding why?...
>
> I perform vulnerability analysis on our outside (public) web presense, usually during development and then after it's 
> been deployed. I basically use the same tools for each.
>
> Mgmt wants me to only test through the firewall as if I'm coming in like the public. The rational is that the fw will 
> prevent any attacks though ports other than 80 and 443. Therefore, there is no reason to change this configuration.
>
> What would be the reason to test behind the firewall?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
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