Gnu-Raiz wrote: > People like me rely on the ISP for their dhcp ip address, so > why would a ISP allow their routers to forward port scans to > their own ip address net blocks?
Becausee, strictly speaking, port scans are harmless. Ooooh, you have
open ports. Scary!
Furthermore define a port scan vs. legitimate traffic where you get no
false positives. Not as easy as it sounds.
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