[56287] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: anti-spam vs network abuse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charlie Clemmer)
Sat Mar 1 14:44:47 2003
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 13:43:56 -0600
To: jlewis@lewis.org
From: Charlie Clemmer <cclemmer@nexgennetworks.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303011359230.12785-100000@redhat1.mmaero.co
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Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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At 02:07 PM 3/1/2003 -0500, jlewis@lewis.org wrote:
>People speed, drive drunk, and run over pedestrians. Should we outlaw
>cars? Maybe just in California? :)
To use your analogy, you'd have to outlaw computers because they're used to
bad things. That's not what's being discussed. Speeding can cause harm to
others, thus it's against the law. Same with drunk and reckless driving.
So, since probing is often used for malicious intent, should it not also be
prohibited or at the very least limited?
Since there's no way to tell if a probe is being done for precautionary or
exploratory purposes, me being the security paranoid type that I am will
always assume the worst and react accordingly. I don't think I'm alone here.
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