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Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!]
From: Ray Soucy <rps () maine edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:56:36 -0500
I'm pretty sure nmap is the exact opposite of Malware. It's an essential information security tool. Fyodor, Reach out to the Free Software Foundation and EFF. They may not be able to help directly, but I'm sure that they could put you in touch with some pro bono legal experts that could give you the right advice on how to act. As mentioned, both Lessig, and Eben Moglen, would be good starting points. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:30 PM, andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace () rocketmail com> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:48 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:On the other hand, just being Fyodor is sufficient to get him taken seriously.It could be argued that Nmap is malware, and such software has already been called to be made illegal. If I was Cnet, I would stop distributing his software altogether. Link: http://nmap.org/book/legal-issues.html Andrew
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- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!], (continued)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- RE: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Kain, Rebecca (.) (Dec 06)
- RE: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmapwith malware!] Eric Tykwinski (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmapwith malware!] Kyle Duren (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmapwith malware!] William Allen Simpson (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmapwith malware!] Steven Bellovin (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] andrew.wallace (Dec 06)
- RE: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Nathan Eisenberg (Dec 06)
- RE: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Kain, Rebecca (.) (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Owen DeLong (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Ray Soucy (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Dan Collins (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Edward Dore (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Malte von dem Hagen (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Jay Ashworth (Dec 07)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Bryan Fields (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] andrew.wallace (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] TR Shaw (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)