Re: Network abuse report

From: Alexis (bonobo_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: 05/28/05

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Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 12:22:34 +1000

    On Fri, 27 May 2005 03:42 pm, Emmanuel Goldstein wrote:

    > Whether you like it or not, port scanning is not ilegal. Don't go
    > around reporting those really dangerous "Network abuses" ;-P

    Maybe not illegal, but quite possibly against the AUP or T&C of the scanner's
    ISP . . . . my ISP only permits me to do port scans with the explicit
    permission of the owner of the target host.

    Alexis.

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