Re: Pentesting Old unsupported Firewall Appliances

From: Tiago Batista (tiagosbatista@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 19:43:27 EDT


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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