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Nmap Hackers: Re: Examples of legit nmap usage?

Re: Examples of legit nmap usage?

From: Joel Eriksson <jen_at_ettnet.se>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 12:07:29 +0200

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 05:25:11PM -0400, Bennett Todd wrote:
> Perhaps I overstate, it's in my nature I'll admit. But that's the kind of
> horror you need to fear when casting nmap far and wide. There are boxes out
> there that will crash when nmap with the right settings casts its gaze their
> way, and the users of those boxes are _never_ amused when it happens.

In other words, let's wait until some script kiddie scans the network and
let him take the blame instead. :-) Well, I understand your point of view,
but boxes that vulnerable shouldn't be connected to any network, or get
fixed. When _you_ were the one scanning, at least you know what happened..

> -Bennett

-- 
Joel Eriksson                                               jen_at_ettnet.se
Received on Sep 18 1999
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