In some states in the US it is illegal to do it even if you do have permision. That is if you are not a licensed Private Invenstigator. In Georiga for instance it is a misdemeanor and about to become a felony if you do any kinds of foresnic invenstigation without being a Private Investigator whether you have permision or not. And people have been sued in Civil court over it. It's already in some states and spreading.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/399/1
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/fulltext/hb1259.htm
and Here is a link about the case where the person was sued
Ducki3
On 6/1/06, Nightfall Nightfall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is it illegal if I perform a vulnerability scan on a site without
permission from the owner? How about a simple port scan? thanks..
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