[43848] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Fri Oct 26 15:25:45 2001
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
Cc: Christopher Wawak <cwawak@eden.rutgers.edu>,
Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:07:25 PDT."
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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:19:08 +0100
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From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
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>On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Christopher Wawak wrote:
>> Well, not exactly. Looking into the windows or checking the doorknobs is
>> more akin to looking at your directory structre on your computer or file
>> ... Scanning is more like going through the phone book or looking at the
>> names on mailboxes in a neighborhood....
>
>So you dont mind if people portscan your network?
Stupid analogy # 54325235:
pinging all hosts on a net: Walking down a street finding out which houses
exist
Portscan: Trying the doors, windows, etc on a house
I know which one I don't mind...
Simon
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