If someone leaves their network open to the scan in the first place, it's their own lack of due diligence. However, someone going through a hole that's been detected is bad juju. -Mat Butler -----Original Message----- From: Dan Hollis [mailto:goemon@sasami.anime.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:46 AM To: Shawn McMahon Cc: 'nanog@merit.edu' Subject: Re: Port scanning legal On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Shawn McMahon wrote:

Better lock me up; I can't count the number of times I've nmap-ed somebody just to find out what OS they were using, either for personal curiosity, or as part of an argument.

Cool. Since you're obviously in the right, how about scanning some U.S. military networks and letting us all know what OS they are using? If you like, I'll start an argument with you so you have the justification you need to portscan. -Dan