RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Of course if anyone did sue me or whatever I'd slaughter them by posting
every security weakness they had to usenet with directions on how to
exploit them. If I'm gonna go down for doing something harmless I'll take
them with me. IMO scanning is possibly rude.. it's like standing on the
front walk and looking at your neighbors house for open windows or
bedrooms with parted curtains.

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:

> Last I heard, it is a criminal offense under federal computer espionage laws
> to perform an unauthorized scan against someone's computers.
> 
> What's interesting is that there was an interesting ruling in a scanning
> case recently, where the defendant will have to face criminal charges, but
> will *NOT* have to face a civil suit.
> 
> The company was trying to sue him for "damages", claiming that their
> security people wasted a lot of time and effort trying to track him down.
> The court ruled that since he did no damage to their computer system and
> since their *business* was not interrupted in any way, that they couldn't
> sue him for taking the time to do their jobs.  :-)
> 
> But he's still facing criminal charges for a port scan.

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