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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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VC3 is Full of Crap! 2000-12-20
JamesF, web developer
From what I read out of this article, Moulton was simply looking for open ports that could pose a security risk to his client. I don't see any criminal intent in what he did.

Besides, VC3's firewall did it's job and prevented unauthorized access to the system.

I applaud the judge's decision to ...

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