What you did was illegal, unethical, and *way* beyond acceptable practice. You're lucky he doesn't throw your a$$ in jail. Your preliminary "look" was done without any type of consent, and that makes it an intrusion under the laws of most countries and states. You then went to try and sell "services" bafter you had "scared him" with your results: this is extortion in most countries and states. In short: you are *exactly* the kind of sleazy half-baked and fully dishonest operations that has put the security industry in the position it is in now - having to try and explain to a [rightfully] wary public why we are not a problem of the same magnitude as the "hacker" we claim to want to protect against. Further, there is an inherent conflict of interest between the pen-tester and the provider of services which are suggested by the testing: to truly stay on the moral high ground you should never try to mix the two (asbestos underwear in place for all you "ethical" testers who then sell the repair "services"). Call us back when you find a clue. Even a *small* clue. -- J.A. Terranson sysadminat_private > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete [mailto:pen_test_listat_private] > Sent: Thursday, 19 June 2003 19:54 PM > To: pen-testat_private > Subject: "Free" pen-test > > > I'm looking for a bit of advice. I was tipped off that company X had > minimal security for their large bundle of IP addresses running on > Micro$oft servers. I got my mate Fred (!) to have a look and he reckoned > they were _very_ vulnerable. So, we went to the security director and > "sold" him a free penetration test. Fred then got admin access to their > web server plus bucketloads of info about their DMZ and even their > 192.168.0.x network. I went back to Mr Director thinking he'd wet > himself and he said "I'm not too worried about that....just carry on if > you can". > > Well. Fred is keen to keep going. But I reckon that someone who is "not > worried" that his web server could have been taken down in about 4 hours > is not worth wasting time on. Needless to say, the cunning plan was to > sell him a pile of stuff once he was scared enough. > > My question is this: how do white-hatters usually approach these things? > > Grateful for any tips (and thanks for reading if you got to here) > > Pete > > Pete Smith > www.petesmithcomputers.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Latest attack techniques. > > You're a pen tester, but is google.com still your R&D team? Now you can get > trustworthy commercial-grade exploits and the latest techniques from a > world-class research group. > > Visit us at: www.coresecurity.com/promos/sf_ept1 > or call 617-399-6980 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest attack techniques. You're a pen tester, but is google.com still your R&D team? Now you can get trustworthy commercial-grade exploits and the latest techniques from a world-class research group. Visit us at: www.coresecurity.com/promos/sf_ept1 or call 617-399-6980 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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