[TriLUG] ethical hacking?

[Greg Brown]

I've been reading about system security (one of my most favorite subjects 
here  on trilug) and I'm wondering if there should be some kind of ethical 
hacking group established.  The reason for this is some of us think we have a 
more or less secure system attached to TWC or DSL and it would be nice to 
know if there are any holes in our systems that allow access.

I think it would be a good idea to come up with a common filename, such as 
trilug.readme (or whatever) containing a unique text string.  If someone on 
trilug hacks our system and e-mails back the text string we know we have a 
security hole - and the person that finds the hole MUST say how they were 
able to compromise the security of the system (so we can fix it).

Does anyone else think this is a good idea?

Greg