19 Dec
2000
19 Dec
'00
11:59 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Jeff Wheat wrote:
Isn't that just sweet... So in a nutshell it is *not* illegal for kiddies to port scan a network looking for vulnerabilities. It would seem to me that such scans would impair the integrity of ones networks, or am I just smoking crack?
Jeff CETLink.Net
The attorney for the plaintiff obviously didn't use the correct analogy when explaining this to the court. Had he likened portscanning someones network to walking into their back yard with a ladder, climbing up to the second floor and checking for open windows, perhaps the court would have found differently. --- John Fraizer EnterZone, Inc Port-scanners and window-checkers will be shot on site.