Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

["Igor Izyumin Jr." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tuesday 03 April 2001 03:44, you wrote:
> Exactly my feelings. Using legal measures to protect your technology is a
> lossing battle. Fix your technology and be thankful for the early warning.
This is not exactly true.  I'm sure that you do not change the lock on your 
house every two weeks and that you don't have a steel bulletproof 
fire-retardant door that can stop burglars with flamethrowers.  You probably 
don't have big steel bars on your windows, either.  As far as anyone is 
concerned, your home is probably not secure.  However, you rely on the police 
to prevent thieves from entering your home.  The same should be true of 
computer security.  Crackers should be found, prosecuted, and jailed.  And I 
can assure you that the FBI has excellent tracing abilities, no matter how 
well you hide yourself.  There is no excuse for cracking into systems.  It 
should be a felony, period.  Of course, I'm not saying that it should be 
illegal to ping/scan another system.  Sure, it can lead to an attack 
(burglars often knock on doors to find out if anyone's home), but it's not 
illegal (there are some legitimate reasons to knock on someone's door).  And 
rest assured that if the maximum penalty for compromising another computer is 
something even close to the penalty for burglary (and the crackers are found 
as actively as burglars are), cracking will be rare.
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-- Igor
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