Yes it could be part of a pen-test, just like popping the internal
webserver and putting up mpack to own the workstations could be,
however my point being that I've never been involved in one where DoS
was in scope (in fact every boilerplate that ive seen has specifically
included language to strictly prohibit it).
On 6/27/07, Jay <jay.tomas@infosecguru.com> wrote:
DoS could very well be part of a penetration test. It just depends on whether
you have permission from the client.
It is important to understand every vector that may be used to attack the
infrastructure.
Customarily this would be a test environment that mirrors production that would
not impact their clients if it was taken offline.
Its better they know they are susceptable to DoS in a penetration test vs. when
their site is offline for hours/days when a botnet comes a knocking.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Ferguson [mailto:jnferguson@gmail.com]
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:25:31 -0700
Subject: Re: rose fragmentation attack
i apologize to everyone whose time i wasted with their helping me, but
i was curious, The rose attack was a DoS, and I cannot recall a single
penetration test where DoS was in scope, which should make one
question the legitimacy of my request, however that didn't happen (i
got a lot of pretty helpful replies)
So really, whats the difference between what I asked and what this guy asked?
> --- Nikolaj <lorddoskias@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone has some first-hand info about this exploitation toolkit? Or
> > any info where it can be bought?
>
>
>
> Kishore
> Penetration Tester
> Smart Security
> T.Nagar , Chennai
> Phone: 91 98841 80767
>
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