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Yet another thread on the legality of port scanning
From: "Mortis" <m0rtis () adelphia net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:27:25 -0500
Anybody who wishes to communicate to my resources can do so by normal means: web browser, email, etc.
The normal means of communicating on the internet is via IP packets.
All such services will be published where appropriate.
There is no place to publish open ports, accepted protocols, and authorized users.
Simply providing one service does not give tacit approval for somebody to probe my resources.
The act of plugging a device into a public [@1] IP address is your way of giving people permission to send packets to it. Anyone on the internet can send an IP packet to anyone else. That's kind of the whole point. Search around for the hundreds of reincarnations of this thread. The analogies have been done to death. Keep private services off the net. Secure public services as needed. [@1] http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=public 6a accessible to or shared by all members of the community -- Mortis --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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