Penetartion Testing
Hi,
do I need to request permission to have one of my server penetration tested by a third party?
if so what information do you require and how much notice.
Many thanks
Tom
1 Reply
jhartman
Linode Staff
You are allowed to perform penetration testing and have your own servers tested as long as all behavior:
- Is Legal.
- Does not violate our Terms of Service or Acceptable Use Policy
- Is performed on consenting targets who have already given explicit permission to perform the testing.
Testing that causes performance problems for other Linode customers, Linode infrastructure, or outside of a prior agreed scope is not permitted.
It can also be helpful to open a ticket to give us a heads up of any upcoming testing just in case an abuse ticket is opened on your account. Since you are the target in this instance, don't report the activity as malicious and you should be okay.