Port scans legal, judge says

Port scans legal, judge says
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2000-12-18

Federal court finds that scanning a network doesn't cause damage, or threaten public health and safety.

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Lame 2000-12-19
Anonymous (1 replies)

Lame (a reply by VC3) 2000-12-20
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Extra Lame 2000-12-20
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Lame (a reply by VC3) 2000-12-21
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Get a grip 2000-12-19
Chip

Good for him. 2000-12-19

Your headline is misleading 2000-12-19
EJ (4 replies)

The judge says in *this* case that no direct damage was done from the port scan, so he ruled in favor of the defendant. This particular port scan was done in error, most are done intentionally and many times lead to direct attacks. Port scans *should* be made illegal, the same as peering into someone's window of their house is illegal.

EJ

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re: Your headline is misleading 2000-12-19
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re: Your headline is misleading 2000-12-19
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re: Your headline is misleading 2000-12-22
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re: Your headline is misleading 2000-12-20
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Anonymous

Your headline is misleading 2000-12-19
merk_man (1 replies)

Your headline is misleading 2000-12-19
Ray L (4 replies)

Good guy getting blamed... 2000-12-19
anon-coward

Legality based on Assumtion 2000-12-19
Tiff

Your headline is misleading 2000-12-20
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Your headline is misleading 2000-12-22
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Your headline is misleading 2007-03-09
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