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Re: Port scanning legal

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Tue Dec 19 14:49:28 2000

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:45:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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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



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