RE: Valuable papers on the legality of port scanning and exploit code

Hello,
FYI, in one EU-country, Finland, port scanning has been deemed illegal by Finnish Supreme Court on the 8th of Apr, 2003 (precedent KKO:2003:36).

The decision details (only in Finnish, sorry) are available at http://finlex1.edita.fi/dynaweb/oiktap/kko/fkko/@Generic__BookTextView/12844;hf=0

I found a summary in English rounding up the details in at:
http://www.osborneclarke.com/publications/text/ITM0903f.htm

Regards,
Henrik

Javier wrote:
> Just for what it's worth, I don't know the exact differences between
> US and Europe legislations, but the fact that port scanning is legal
> is, as far as I know, yet to be proven in a court of law in a European
> country.

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