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Re: Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities


From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon () jmaimon com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:14:22 -0400



Matt Palmer wrote:
On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 02:18:30AM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
When researchers, or whoever, claim their scanning an altruistic service,
I ask them if they would mind someone coming to their home and trying to
open all the doors and windows every night.
If there were a few hundred people with nefarious intent trying to open your
doors and windows every night, someone doing the same thing with altruistic
intent might not be such a bad thing.

- Matt


Yall seem to be saying the same thing.

So long as it blends into the general IPv4 background radiation, all good.

Joe


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