Re: CIO report text

[linux phreak <computer_phreak_99 () yahoo com>]

Fyodor,


---Fyodor <fyodor () dhp com> wrote:

> However, I will still be laughing my ass off if this whole "Pentagon
under
> cyberwar attack from Russia" episode turns out to just be some script
> kiddie using nmap -D :).  It won't be the first time the military gone
> into a huge paranoid fit and caused a media frenzy over a bored
teenager
> or three.

Me too!  :-D
 
> I think it is also worth noting that neither CIO nor Wired provided
any
> links to nmap.  I think they want it to seem like a shady program
> distributed only among underground hackers.  In reality any sysadmin
can
> try it out for themselves at www.insecure.org/nmap/ 

And I have.  My use of nmap is for that very purpose, learning how to
secure my own net.  It has given me many insights and has caused me to
dig deeper into the inner workings of my Linux network.  For this, I
am very thankful that the program is available.

NMAP is no better or worse than any standard firearm.  It can be used
for self-defence or murder(or at least attempted murder) after a
fashion.  I use it for self-defence.  

Fyodor, thanks for the good tool.

cp/lp


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