Re: Opinions on vulnerability scanning practice?

["Eric Furman" <ericfurman () fastmail net>]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:19:59 +1000, "Mitch Pope" <MPope () gwail com au>
said:
> It depends what they mean by "vulnerability scan".  If the scan involved 
> port scanning your server then they more than likely are breaking the law 
> by doing so.  

Since when did port scanning become illegal?
At the risk of starting a thread that has already been
beaten to death, port scanning is *not* illegal.
Federal judges in the USA have already ruled on this.
-- 
  Eric Furman
  ericfurman () fastmail net


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