RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> What is an unauthorized scan? Am I authorized to scan someone in
> responce of their scanning my machine? Should all Netbios and Timbuktu
> (whatever that is) scans coming from UMC be considered unauthorized?
> There has to be more to those laws than just that. The definition is
> just too all-inclusive and general.

An "unauthorized scan" is any scan not explicitly permitted by the recipient
of the scan, so no, you may not automatically counter-scan someone.

Yes, many/most/all of the NetBIOS and Timbuktu scans coming from UMC are
unauthorized.  UMC campus is a very insecure network and is a known home and
jump point for miscreants (security problems both ways).

The law is indeed general and all-inclusive, as many laws are.

--J
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