Re: Network Penetration Test

From: ynotssor ("ynotssor")
Date: 01/04/03 

From: "ynotssor" <"ynotssor">
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 05:38:35 -0800

"Dmitry Kulshitsky" <dimkin(remove)@mbox.com.au> wrote in message
news:ugiSxO$sCHA.2296@TK2MSFTNGP10
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> I would like to add that it is also possible to ask some friends who
> you trust to do such tests from the outside.
[...]

Many network problems have their source on "the inside". Employees
can run packet sniffers to see others' passwords in clear text for telnet
and POP3 sessions, then use those passwords from outside to establish
ssh/telnet/VNC connections and raise havoc in someone else's name if
they so desire.

Most security vulnerabilities are fixed from within, although as you suggest
it is important to get "outside" and see what the world sees.

         tony 

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