Re: Odd identd behavior

Manuel Lanctot <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.incidents
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:

> Very doubtful. I'm not aware of any law that forbids even portscans,
>
>much less network troubleshooting or the use of tools like nmap in
>general.
>
>Regards
>Ansgar Wiechers
>  
>

I can't find the related articles but I remember reading something about 
a man who was arrested after portscanning a website because he donated 
for a relief fund (after Katrina) and suspected it was a scam. I don't 
remember if he was indeed charged but he was at least arrested, which is 
pretty scary.

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Manuel Lanctôt
Linux/IT manager
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