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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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Your headline is misleading 2000-12-22
brm
You say that "This cracker judge, doesn't understand that port scans are a common precursor to attacks."

How is this relevant? Does the law prohibit precursors to attacks? I don't know, but I doubt it.

The judge has no choice but to interpret the law. If there's something wrong with the law, t...

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