international hacking
Can I attack a VPS I am renting?
<p>I live in France and I would like to know if it was legal to <em>attack</em> the Virtual Private Server I am renting in the US.</p>

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<li>Consider that the provider doesn't know it's <em>you</em> that is attacking your own VPS, so they could start an investigation, which is expensive, and might also incur fines if they alert the police forces</li>
<li>Some attacks (DDOS for instance) will necessarily affect also other users, not only you.</li>
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<p>Bottom line, I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that if you don't have their permission, it's illegal everywhere.</p>

<p>Ask your provider, and if he refuses to grant you permission, find a provider which specifically allows such a thing (I guess they must exist somewhere, after all, white hats must do some tests sometimes…).</p>

<p>Keep in mind that I think it's unlikely you'll find a <em>VPS</em> which allows such a thing, since you would risk crashing the whole machine, it's much more likely you'll end up needing a dedicated server.</p>
