I remember reading an article (slashdot i believe) that a court in Georgia
ruled portscaning as legal.
I agree, with this writer as to not panic over simple acts as portscanning.
Granted that security measures have to be implemented first, which should be
standard practice anyway. Thorough research on vulnerabilities and reading
through security mailing lists should be conducted frequently.
my 2.5 cents... :)
heman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Denis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: re: port scan reported by portsentry
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> responses you got (confirmed by other list members) are not
> portscans. Port 27015 is usually used by a Half-Life [game]
> server running
> the Counterstrike mod :-)
>
> So, someone was under the wrong impression that you were
> running a game
> server and tried to connect until you denied the connection with your
> portsentry response.
>
> Re: your tactics to report every port scan to the authorities
> of the ISP
> - I disagree with it, since not every port scan (like in this
> case) is a
> port scan. This adds to the overhead some ISP sysadmins get
> during normal
> working hours. I am not sure that portscanning has been
> announced by law a
> crime or misdemeanor (unless portscanning interferes with the normal
> conduct of your business and such causes financial damages).
> Correct me
> here if I am wrong. At least not yet. Personnaly in my spare
> time I prefer
> finding/fighting spam mail abusers.
>
> Regards,
> Denis R.
> ex-ISP sysadmin
>
>
>
>
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