Re: Is portscanning legal? was Re: application for an employment

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-04-04 Chavoux Luyt wrote:
> From: Craig Wright [mailto:cwright () bdosyd com au]
> > Again - illegal and criminal are not the same. Trying to treat them
> > as such is wrong. Criminal is a subset of illegal. Illegal is the
> > superset.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. However, why would port scanning be
> considered illegal since it is not a criminal offense?

Though I don't agree with Craig that port-scanning was illegal, he is
right to make that distinction. Criminal offenses are only a subset of
illegal things. Think about (accidentally) breaking something in a shop.
That's definitely illegal, because you don't own what you just broke
(and the owner of the shop will probably demand compensation), but it's
not criminal.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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