Re: Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities

[Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com>]

I know that in Israel the cyber dept of the government scans IL IP space
then notifies ISP's to notify their clients. This helps where you have
clueless people that don't know they have devices that can easily be
compromised.


On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 6:13 AM Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg () tristatelogic com>
wrote:

> I would like to solicit the opinions of network operators on the practice
> of scanning all of, or large chunks of the internet for known
> vulnerabilities.
>
> In earlier times, this was generally viewed as being distinctly anti-social
> behavior, but perhaps attitudes have changed relative to earlier eras.
> I would thus like to know how people feel about it now, in 2022.
>
>
> Regards,
> rfg
>
>
> P.S.  Just to be clear, I personally have neither any desire nor any intent
> to undertake such activity myself, nor am I in communiacation with any
> party
> or parties that have such an intent or desire.  I cannot however say that I
> am unaware of any parties that may currently be involved in such
> activities.