Daniel um ... ok. I don't see how a security audit is any different to any other(audit). Audits should be done.
Rick i hope some one can help you. However, do consider the cost of a server compromise when you are considering testing / having some one else look at the server. 2009/10/31 Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>: > Rick Phillips <[email protected]> writes: > >> Would any member be interested in conducting a penetration test of a server >> I administer? If so, please contact me off list and I will explain the >> circumstances. > > If it were possible, even in the most general of terms, I would be very > curious to know what you hope to achieve through a penetration test. > > As far as I can see a penetration test gives you one piece of information: > Were the attackers in question capable of breaking in to your network? > > What I can't see is how this then turns into anything useful: it might let you > fix the issues they did discover, but nothing more — especially not, "are you > actually secure". > > > OTOH, you may see some value that I have missed, so I am very curious to know > what that is, if it is possible for you to share the information. > > Daniel > -- > ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ [email protected] ☎ +61 401 155 707 > ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons > Looking for work? Love Perl? In Melbourne, Australia? We are hiring. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
