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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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Just don't do it. 2000-12-19
iNDiGO
Yes, portscanning is quite often a precursor to an intrusion attempt, but most companies (companies are the only people who would care about port-scanning) have a firewall or any other type of protection to stop these invasions.

I'm sure the guy that port-scanned the other guy did it by accident,...

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