A trick I've used for a while is keeping a protected email spoofing form on my web server. That way when I'm asked to "demo" my skills, I can simply send the person an email from theirself or the like.
This has the advantage of looking pretty cool to laymen and, as far as I know, isn't illegal. It's definitely not a "1337 hack" but it's a nice way to show the types of things that can be done without getting in too much trouble. -Andrew On 5/3/10, Chris Clymer <[email protected]> wrote: > Rather than a live demo, better tactic might be telling a story about > a vulnerability in joe sixpack terms. The pizza coupon thing > (dominos?) a few months back is a good example. > > I see a lot of downsides to letting folks at a party pressure you into > a live demo. You are basically allowing strangers to SE you. If you > show a successful demo, you just know the next question will come: so > can you hack into so-and-so's facebook account? ;) > > When you consider the potential for demo fail too, this is really a > lose/lose situation :( > > ------------------------- > securityjustice.com | chrisclymer.com > > > On May 3, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> At a party the other day I was asked the normal question of what do I >> do for a living. I said security and kept it a bit vague but was >> pressed so explained what pen-testing is and roughly what I do. I then >> got the challenge, prove it, prove you can hack a company. >> >> People would say to a dentist, prove you can do a filling but this >> person insisted they wanted a demo. I explained the legalities and >> finally fobbed them off and got away but it got me thinking, has >> anyone got any good party tricks that they can pull in this kind of >> situation that give an instant wow but are easy to do and legal? Not >> quite legal but I was thinking if I knew any big sites with XSS I >> could rewrite but none came to mind at that time. >> >> Robin >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -- Andrew http://blog.psych0tik.net _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
