bunnies wrote on April 12, 2019 at 5:35 PM

In the acceptable use policy, they write

Vulnerability Testing

You may not attempt to probe, scan, penetrate or test the vulnerability of a Linode system or network, or to breach the Linode security or authentication measures, whether by passive or intrusive techniques, without Linode's express written consent. If you are a Linode customer and need to perform a penetration test, let us know beforehand by emailing support@linode.com.

Probably best to start there.

twovests OP wrote on April 12, 2019 at 8:40 PM

:0 thank you so much! i really should have looked there

bunnies wrote on April 12, 2019 at 9:28 PM

I'm pretty curious about whether it's could be illegal to try to hack your own computer in the cloud. I wonder if there's a precedent.

flabberghaster wrote on April 13, 2019 at 2:33 AM

If you're running it then it wouldn't be unauthorized, so it'd be legal I'd think. If you are running an AWS or whatever then it's up to the cloud provider what they let you do.