Re: The legal / illegal line?

[Philosophil <flosofl () gmail com>]

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.

On 3/1/07, Barry Fawthrop <barry () ttienterprises org> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Curious to hear other views, where does the legal and illegal line stand
> in doing a pen test on a third party company?
> Does it start at the IP Address/Port Scanning Stage or after say once
> access is gained?? very vague I know
>
>
> I'm also curious to hear from other external/3rd party pen-test
> consultants, how they have managed to solve the problem
> Where they approach a client who is convinced they have security, and
> yet there is classic signs that they don't?
> You know that if you did a simple pen-test you would have the evidence
> to prove your point all would be mute
>
> But from my current point that would be illegal, even if no access was
> gained. (maybe I'm wrong) ??
>
> Perhaps this is just a problem here where I am or perhaps it exists
> elsewhere also?
>
> I look forward to your input
>
> Barry
>
>
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