[33000] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [OT]Port scanning legal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian W.)
Wed Dec 20 12:35:22 2000
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:28:20 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brian W." <bri@sonicboom.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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To me, port scanning itself is not an attack, but it can be an indication
one is coming, based on information that is gathered in the scan, or in
other queries. To re-emphasize a previous post, just use enough security
to protect whats important to you or your organization.
Brian
