Re: Odd identd behavior
"Levenglick, Jeff" <[email protected]>
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You scanning someone else without their permission is not network trouble shooting. The law is very open. Yes, there is nothing on nmap, but isp's have usage statements that target server and hacking tools. (Ie: a home user is not supposed to use their line for a server....ect) You can pretty much call any isp and complain about a scan and have them warn or suspend an account. Granted, it needs to be a valid scan, not a quick few second random scan. Jeffrey Levenglick Internet Systems Engineer Federal Home Loan Bank Of Atlanta 404-888-5398 -----Original Message----- From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wed Nov 16 08:14:07 2005 Subject: Re: Odd identd behavior On 2005-11-14 Levenglick, Jeff wrote: > I would not run nmap against someone else, you could find yourself in > legal trouble. 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 -- "Another option [for defragmentation] is to back up your important files, erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files." --http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25668 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail message is private and may contain confidential or privileged information.