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Re: [fyodor@insecure.org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Wed Dec 7 18:27:06 2011
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:24:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAMG9zygV4R74o6OPDzH5_OxoMtLY8K-2L6YDe6giv5rvoKmp-g@mail.gmail.com>
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Isn't it a little early for Whacky Weekend?
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Collins" <enwpst47@gmail.com>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:45 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:30:20 PST, "andrew.wallace" said:
> >> It could be argued that Nmap is malware, and such software has
> >> already been called to be made illegal.
> >
> > Called by whom, other than yourself?
>
> Germany?
>
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_hack.html
Perhaps. But Valdis and you both misinterpreted what Andrew said:
he said that "malware" has already been called to be made illegal --
he really only invited you to infer that he was in fact *making* the
argument that nmap was indeed malware, and you both bit beautifully.
Now PDFTT, people.
Cheers,
-- jra
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