RE: FW: Legal? Road Runner proactive scanning.[Scanned]

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  You call a hotel, and instead of asking for a non-smoking
double room overlooking the pool, you ask if room 1 is available,
then if room 2 is available, then if room 3 is available, and
so on.  At some point, this amounts to a denial of service
against the hotel switchboard operator....

Dave Gillett


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jef Feltman [mailto:feltman () pacbell net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:41 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: FW: Legal? Road Runner proactive scanning.[Scanned]
>
>
> Here is better analogy:
> You call a hotel and question them about the services they 
> offer to the
> guests. Does the staff have the right to arrest or harass 
> you? A port scan
> is nothing more than a guest asking what services you offer.
>
> jef


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