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Re: Examples of legit nmap usage?


From: Joel Eriksson <jen () ettnet se>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:07:29 +0200

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 05:25:11PM -0400, Bennett Todd wrote:
Perhaps I overstate, it's in my nature I'll admit. But that's the kind of
horror you need to fear when casting nmap far and wide. There are boxes out
there that will crash when nmap with the right settings casts its gaze their
way, and the users of those boxes are _never_ amused when it happens.

In other words, let's wait until some script kiddie scans the network and
let him take the blame instead. :-) Well, I understand your point of view,
but boxes that vulnerable shouldn't be connected to any network, or get
fixed. When _you_ were the one scanning, at least you know what happened..

-Bennett

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Joel Eriksson                                               jen () ettnet se


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