Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)

[woods () weird com (Greg A. Woods)]

[ On Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 16:03:11 (-0700), Scott Francis wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)
>
> And why, pray tell, would some unknown and unaffiliated person be scanning my
> network to gather information or run recon if they were not planning on
> attacking? I'm not saying that you're not right, I'm just saying that so far
> I have heard no valid non-attack reasons for portscans (other than those run
> by network admins against their own networks).

I scan networks and hosts very regularly for legitimate diagnostic
purposes as well as occasionally for curiosity's sake.  I've never
attacked any host or network that I was not directly responsible for.
If you don't want the public portions of your network mapped then you
should withdraw them from public view.

BTW, please be one heck of a lot more careful with your replies.  My
original reply to you was not copied to the list and I did not give you
permission to post a response quoting my words back to the list.

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