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Ian W
4th February 2006, 16:45
Hello.
My name is Ian Whitfield. I am a consultant in web application security.
I offer basic appraisals for free. So PM your sites to me and I will have a snoop ;)
If you have any questions about my services please post below.
Thank You.
Urban Space
4th February 2006, 19:12
Ello! Welcome! :D
Liam
Jayne
4th February 2006, 19:33
Hi Ian,
Welcome to the forum :D
Jayne
Ravenfire
4th February 2006, 19:41
Hi Ian and welcome to the forum
Do you mean that you check peoples sites for security vulnerabilities that leave them open to hackers?
Toni
Coding Monkey
4th February 2006, 19:52
Hi Ian,
Surely you must have a limit on what applications you can look into? PHP, ASP, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl?
Ian W
4th February 2006, 20:28
Thank you for your kind greetings.
Do you mean that you check peoples sites for security vulnerabilities that leave them open to hackers?
Yes, sorry for my jargon.
Surely you must have a limit on what applications you can look into? PHP, ASP, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl?
You're partly right. I specialise in PHP and ASP. With web applications most security holes tend to be common to all regardless of language. So I can still identify a lot of potential weaknesses from the outside, but for internal checking with a language I don't feel confident with I would refer a client to someone I know that is more knowledgeable.
What I don't do is fix the vulnerabilities. I create a report of each vulnerability, the implications, and the solution. The client can then hand this to their developer (unless they have sacked them after reading the report :D).
If anyone would like to take me up on my free appraisal offer just PM me your website address, that is all I require to do a basic check. If I find anything disconcerting I would be discreet and seek to contact you privately.
freecybermag
4th February 2006, 20:38
Hi Ian
Welcome to the forum. I must admit that the security of my site has never crossed my mind. I'm PMing you if you could please take a look.
Cheers for the offer by the way.
Cheers
Chris
sublime
4th February 2006, 21:42
Hello ian, welcome to this great place.
:D form logins/ccbill and things like are the easiest to break im guessing you look for holes in things like that?
I'll pm you my site, well 1 of them