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Re: Interesting reply

From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:26:35 -0400

"Forrester, Mike" wrote:


From my experience (I work for a broadband ISP), most of our problems with
people scanning is from a compromised system.  No, I don't have exact
numbers, but MOST is about right. ;)


Mike,

How do you determine if the box used for scanning is compromised? Do you take
the owner's word? How about other ISPs listening here?

--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer - Technical Services
James Madison University

Please RUNSAFE
http://www.jmu.edu/computing/info-security/engineering/protecting_yourself.htm

Current thread:

Re: Interesting reply Crist Clark (Sep 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Interesting reply H Carvey (Sep 30)
- Re: Interesting reply Forrester, Mike (Oct 11)
  - Re: Interesting reply Gary Flynn (Oct 12)
    - Re: Interesting reply Mikael Gripenstedt (Oct 13)
- Re: Interesting reply H Carvey (Oct 13)
- Re: Interesting reply Keith Pachulski (Oct 16)
  - Re: Interesting reply Rick Ballard (Oct 16)
    - Re: Interesting reply Aj Effin ReznoR (Oct 24)
- Re: Interesting reply Forrester, Mike (Oct 19)
- Re: Interesting reply Narins, Joshua (Oct 19)
- Re: Interesting reply Forrester, Mike (Oct 20)
- Re: Interesting reply Turpin, Jason (Oct 25)
  - Re: Interesting reply Aj Effin ReznoR (Oct 25)

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