Cavin, You may have permission from the website owner but most hosting services would see this as a breach of the legendary TOS and probably a) go after you b) kick off the web site owner too. I think this week has shown TOS's allow them to do pretty much what ever they want.
Plus if it is a VPS, it shouldn't but may have an impact on other users of the VPS also incurring the wrath of the VPS host. Just my thoughts, but in principle penetration testing is legal as long as you have permission. If your serious about this we know someone who does/did this for a living who might be able to advise us more 'authoritatively' on the matter. Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mugarura Cavin" <[email protected]> To: "lug" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 12:59:58 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] wiki lympics Hari, yes, we can limit to security/vulnerability tests Ziggy please educate me on the issues, i have not thought thru, and the game comment .... that was hilarious, (i think the game was your comment on whois, u seemed to find joy in the fact that i had not done a whois confirmation, but if u had done one, u would have not made that comment) this is serious business, the benefits are enormous and yes game changing The arguments for controlled versus real world testing can be debated until Jesus returns its illegal to hack a website without permission, if you have permission (read consent), i would like to be educated on what law you would be breaking. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner , and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
