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Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product


From: Clayton Fiske <clay () bloomcounty org>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:38:53 -0700


On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:22:39PM -0700, PJ wrote:
Are you now operating under the premise that scans != anything but the
prelude to an attack?  Sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread, but
I would hate to think any legitimate scanning of a network or host
would result in a false positive.  Even more, I would hate to see the
advocation of a hostile reaction to what, so far, is not considered a
crime.

So you can think of a perfectly legitimate reason to scan someone else's
netblocks on specific TCP ports?

-c


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