North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Port scanning legal
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Jeff Wheat wrote: > Isn't that just sweet... So in a nutshell it is *not* illegal for > kiddies to port scan a network looking for vulnerabilities. It > would seem to me that such scans would impair the integrity of > ones networks, or am I just smoking crack? > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15566.html Scott Moulton, president of Network Installation Computer Services (NICS), is still facing criminal charges of attempted computer trespass under Georgia's computer crime laws for port scanning a system owned by a competing contractor. The result of the case would appear to be that you can't expect to win a civil lawsuit claiming damages relating to time spent investigating a port scan. Nothing more. So yes, you're smoking crack :) -- Patrick Evans - Net bloke, indie kid and lemonade drinker pre at pre dot org www dot pre dot org
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