RE: [cobalt-users] OT Hosting company scanning my Cobalt

["Steven Young" <steven.young@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >I contacted my hosting company and after some investigation they
> said that
> >they were performing a security audit on the servers they hold.
> >
> >My question is, is it normal practice for hosting companies to
> do this sort
> >of thing without first consulting the owners of the machines?


> Even though I have never heard of it being done before,  who would you
> rather have find a hole ?  your host or a script-kiddie ?


The company hosting my RaQ also does a periodic security audit with port
probing but they also email the results to me after each audit. Not a bad
thing in my opinion. Maybe they will spot something you have overlooked.

Steven