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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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Mistakes 2000-12-21
djmad
It seems to me Mr. Moulton's one mistake in all this was not notifying the NetAdmin of his port-scanning before running it.

The investigative bureau should have questioned him before arresting him as well. I would think any well run crime investigative unit would have researched the crime prop...

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