One has to wonder, especially when one of the favorite analogies for a
port scan is to compare it someone checking the doorknobs to yer home. If
someone walks up to yer home, raps on the door, and even twists the knob,
though enters not, has a crime been committed? What if they walk about
the house and check em all, including the garage attached or not to the
house? Has a crime really been committed?
It might well be that the analogy falls apart here. Some states have
legislation that a scan is an intrusion, and punishable to some extent of
the law, but, does a connection to a port actually constitute a real
offense, in and of itself? Now, if I sit across the street, or in front
of your house and stare in your windows, watch your comings and goings and
the comings and goings of all your family and friends have I committed a
crime?
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Peter Bruderer wrote:
>
>
> People, calm down. You will always be scanned. There are other countries
> than the United States. In some (most) of these countries port scanning is
> absolutely legal.
>
> If you get scanned from such a country what do you do? Call the FBI, call
> the prime minister of that country, or what?
>
> I think it is ok, if you try to find out, who scans you. But keep in mind
> that in Takka-Tukka hacking is legal. And keep in mind that there will
> always be a different law in different countries.
>
> If you think you will report someone and it helps you to calm down, do it.
> If you report it to such a country, where port scanning is legal, really
> nothing happens, unless you can proof, that someone broke into your system.
>
> If you connect yourself to the Internet, you know that you expose
> yourself. Do not expect that you can always relay on a law and on judges.
>
> As long as manhood exists, there will be crime. I think we should not
> waste the time with little details like portscanning. We should better
> start fighting against heavier subjects like porn with children, neonazis,
> and so on.
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> have fun ...
>
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