Re: Research - Valid Data Gathering vs. Annoying Other

[Matt Hess <mhess () livewirenet com>]

Robert Bonomi wrote:

> > <>*HOW* is one supposed to tell a 'benign' probe from a 'hostile' one,
> > when it is addressed to a machine that doesn't exist, or to a 'service'
> > that doesn't exist on an existant machine?
> >
> > With all the 'overtly hostile' traffic out there, why on earth would 
> > anyone
> > consider that, with regard to 'unexpected'/'abnormal' traffic, there 
> > should
> > be _any_ 'expectation of innocence'?

Easy, they need to set the evil bit to 0
;)

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