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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: anti-spam vs network abuse
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Gary E. Miller wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > However, they scanned every address in every netblock I own, looking > > for SMTP servers. That was abuse, that was illegal in California, > > Could you please provide a citation from the CA law for this? Better > yet, do you have any case law? More importantly, could somebody provide some sort of moral basis for this law? (I'm not sure if Paul feels the way he wrote, or if there was a bit of tongue-in-cheeck...I suspect and hope the latter.) Why is probing networks wrong? I would agree exploiting vulnerabilities discovered from probing networks is wrong. But I don't agree that probing is inherently wrong. People probe networks for great reasons. Likewise, people have the ability to prevent other people from probing their networks. Should we outlaw a potentially beneficial practice due to its abuse by criminals? Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access
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