19 Dec
2000
19 Dec
'00
2:06 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Shawn McMahon wrote:
How many ports must be scanned before you deem it an attack? Is one port enough? Five? 50?
I don't deem a port scan as vicious or an attack.
If you pick a number here, is that arbitrary, or do you have a valid logical (and legally-supportable) reason for the number?
No.
If one port is sufficient, then the act of typing an IP address into a web browser to see if there's a web server listening is a crime.
Agreed, which is why I said the first.