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> > What's so bad about pre-emptive open-relay scanning is that if you feel > > that is justified, you pretty much have accepted that anybody who pleases > > may scan anybody else's network for any weakness he or she would like to > > probe for. > > Whether you like / agree with it or not, this is happening and you can't > stop it. Even back in the very early 90's you pretty much couldn't put a > system on an internet connected network without people probing it, > attempting to log into it, etc. > > There's a big difference between open-relay testing and port scanning / > vulnerability probing. Saying that the former will lead to more of the > latter is silly with current levels of the latter we already have. I've > seen new systems hacked within 24h of being put on the net on a previously > unused IP. Any argument that open-relay scanning will lead to more > vulnerability scanning is just silly. No, this is a totally valid argument. The reason is that process of scanning for vulnerabilities is not in any shape or form different from scanning for open-relays. Please explain to me who are you to determine what is a "right" and what is a "wrong" reason? Thanks, Alex
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