<grin> and yet you did not accept Gene Lee's challenge!
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Randall, Mark wrote:
> My point is that anybody that connects to the public networks opens up an
> invitation to be scanned. It's a normal part of life on the net. A scan is
> harmless. To expect not to ever be scanned is to expect to walk around out
> in public and not ever be viewed.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:23 AM
> To: 'Firewall list'
> Subject: Re: kill -9 the portscan thing.
>
>
> Interesting that the reactions to an unsolicited portscan ranges from
> "what's the big deal?" to "string him up by the short-and-curlies!". To
> prolong this thread, I feel personally offended if a machine that I own or
> admin were portscanned by somebody I didn't know. I wonder, of all the
> people that think portscans should not be viewed seriously, how many would
> volunteer their own system's IP address with an open invitation to portscans
> on this list?
>
> P.S. First person to volunteer 207.46.130.149 gets spit on. :-)
>
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