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Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx
From: Simon Lockhart <simonl () rd bbc co uk>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:19:08 +0100
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Christopher Wawak wrote:Well, not exactly. Looking into the windows or checking the doorknobs is more akin to looking at your directory structre on your computer or file ... Scanning is more like going through the phone book or looking at the names on mailboxes in a neighborhood....So you dont mind if people portscan your network?
Stupid analogy # 54325235: pinging all hosts on a net: Walking down a street finding out which houses exist Portscan: Trying the doors, windows, etc on a house I know which one I don't mind... Simon -- Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1737 839676 Internet Engineering Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1737 839516 BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart () bbc co uk Kingswood Warren,Tadworth,Surrey,UK | URL: http://support.bbc.co.uk/
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- RE: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Vivien M. (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Dan Hollis (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Alex Rubenstein (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Christopher A. Woodfield (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Alex Rubenstein (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Adam McKenna (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Dan Hollis (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Alex Rubenstein (Oct 26)
- Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx Simon Lockhart (Oct 26)