[32981] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Port scanning legal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (L. Sassaman)
Tue Dec 19 21:52:58 2000
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:46:32 -0800 (PST)
From: "L. Sassaman" <rabbi@quickie.net>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
Cc: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> 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?
I have tcpwrappers set to trigger a portscan after certain actions... and
I have inadvertently scanned a section of the navy.mil network because of
this. (They're running raptor... what a surprise.)
I was not approached by any men in black after this happened. I suspect
the US Military is well accustomed to having its networks scanned.
- --Len.
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L. Sassaman
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