Re: ICMP mapping, questioning legality!!

[Jose Nazario <jose () BIOCSERVER BIOC CWRU EDU>]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, sec wrote:

> A couple of days ago our snort detected a NMAP ping to all our public IPS.

[snip]

> I remailed them telling them that we dont tolerate such pingsweepeing
> however he emailed again the same email.

rude ... and unprofessional. but... that's abou tit.

> Are they doing anything wrong legalwise? How can i go about it?

nope, nothing illegal. detecting a host is not illegal. if you dislike
that activity, firewall them or the protocol they use to detect your
machines.

jose nazario                                    jose () biochemistry cwru edu
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