[32939] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Port scanning legal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Tue Dec 19 12:03:53 2000
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:59:23 -0500 (EST)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: Jeff Wheat <jeff@cetlink.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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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.
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
Port-scanners and window-checkers will be shot on site.
