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Firewall Leak Testing Was Re: Pentesting Old unsupported Firewall Applia

To: Tiago Batista <tiagosbatista@gmail.com>
Subject: Firewall Leak Testing Was Re: Pentesting Old unsupported Firewall Appliances
From: mOses <trklisted@networksamurai.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:47:10 -0400
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Actually while everyone is on this topic. Anyone have any thoughts on
how to approach firewall leak testing?

mOses shift 2 networksamurai period org

Tiago Batista wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
> Harold Castro <b0ydaem0n@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>   
>> If all else fails, do you tell the customer that it is
>> safe to ignore those warnings and vulnerabilities
>> because you, on a hacker's perspective, was not able
>> to penetrate the network by making use of those
>> vulnerabilities found, that the hacker might have a
>> hard time as well and eventually opt for another
>> target?
>>     
>
> I am no security expert, but security by obscurity does not seem the way to 
> go! The fact that you did not find any good documentation does not imply that 
> some old hacker with a grudge against your client does not have the full docs 
> in his basement!
>
>
> Tiago
>
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