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Re: Network abuse report

From: Alexis <bonobo () bigpond net au>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 12:22:34 +1000

On Fri, 27 May 2005 03:42 pm, Emmanuel Goldstein wrote:

Whether you like it or not, port scanning is not ilegal. Don't go
around reporting those really dangerous "Network abuses" ;-P


Maybe not illegal, but quite possibly against the AUP or T&C of the scanner's 
ISP . . . . my ISP only permits me to do port scans with the explicit 
permission of the owner of the target host.


Alexis.

Current thread:

Network abuse report Diego Kellner (May 26)
- Re: Network abuse report Micheal Espinola Jr (May 27)
- Re: Network abuse report Gonzalo Martinez (May 27)
- Re: Network abuse report Jonathan Glass (May 27)
- Re: Network abuse report Emmanuel Goldstein (May 27)
  - Re: Network abuse report Diego Kellner (May 30)
  - Re: Network abuse report Alexis (May 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Network abuse report Ronald I. Nutter (May 27)