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Re: scanning
From: "Neil Davis" <rg.viza () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:50:22 -0400
It may or may not be illegal. However it can provide the authorities with just-cause to seize your equipment to verify you have not been in their systems (or anyone elses). Nothing may ever come of it legally, but your systems could end up sitting in an evidence room for years, at the very least, til your court date. All because Joe Administrator called the police on you and had proof that you were port scanning him. That factor alone makes it worthwhile to obtain permission first. Once the authorities are called things can get ugly even if you never go to jail or did anything wrong. It raises suspicion and gives them a reason to take your gear, and if you have any p2p software on there, warez etc, it could lead to suits unrelated to cracking systems, like copyright violations. Don't give them a doorway ; ) Paying lawyers is very painful. On 6/1/06, Nightfall Nightfall <danzigfour () gmail com> wrote:
Is it illegal if I perform a vulnerability scan on a site without permission from the owner? How about a simple port scan? thanks.. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- RE: scanning Dixon, Wayne (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning Ducki3 (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning Steve Kudlak (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning Alice Bryson (Jun 06)
- Re: scanning Neil Davis (Jun 14)
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- RE: scanning David Alanis (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning Simon Smith (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning Nightfall Nightfall (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 01)
- Re: scanning c0redump (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning GroundZero Security (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning ad () heapoverflow com (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning Marcos Agüero (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 02)
- Re: scanning Simon Smith (Jun 01)