Re: FW: Legal? Road Runner proactive scanning.[Scanned]

[~Kevin Davis³ <computerguy () cfl rr com>]

You forgot that many in this thread have argued that if you have an open
port, you are, in fact, announcing to the world that they (the public)
indeed can use the service of that underlying port.  That was mainly what I
was objecting to.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shawn Jackson" <sjackson () horizonusa com>
To: "~Kevin Davis³" <computerguy () cfl rr com>;
<security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: FW: Legal? Road Runner proactive scanning.[Scanned]


> By using your own logic, if one were to unknowingly fall victim to a Trojan
> and a hacker port scanned that box and found the Trojan holding a port
open,
> it is perfectly legitimate and legal for that hacker to make use of that
> Trojan and take control of the box.

We forgot that portscans don't use the service of the underlying port, they
only check to see if the port itself is open.

Shawn Jackson
Systems Administrator
Horizon USA
1190 Trademark Dr #107
Reno NV 89521

www.horizonusa.com
Email: sjackson () horizonusa com
Phone: (775) 858-2338
       (800) 325-1199 x338


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