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Re: legality of port-mapping
From: Rob Quinn <rquinn () sec sprint net>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:54:54 -0500
You can't know that "Unauthorized access to this system is restricted" until after you open a connection and get the banner.
Ahhh... so where is it that I'm supposed to hang my ``NO TRESPASSING'' sign so that you can see it?
If you stick a box on a public network (never forget it's a public network)
I think most of my customers would say the `public' part of the network stops right at the point where they start paying out the cash - the upstream side of their circuit.
with ports available to anyone (no ACLs), you might as well be operating a store on Main St. USA with your front door propped open.
How often do you get to admin ACLs on the ``public'' side of your circuit?
Sure, you can reserve the right to refuse anyone service, but it's not illegal for them to walk in.
I'm still looking for the virtual fence-post or front door that I can nail my NO TRESPASSING sign to. -- Rob Quinn
Current thread:
- RE: legality of port-mapping Chris St. Clair (Mar 01)
- Re: legality of port-mapping Rob Quinn (Mar 01)
- Re: legality of port-mapping Gregory A. Carter (Mar 03)
- Re: legality of port-mapping Lamont Granquist (Mar 04)
- Re: legality of port-mapping Gregory A. Carter (Mar 03)
- Re: legality of port-mapping Rob Quinn (Mar 01)