Back here in Portugal it is also illegal. The Portuguese computer crimes law, considers hacking attemps, either successful or not, a crime. Portscanning on someone else is considered a hacking attempt, therefore, portscanning is a crime.
I know at least a case where a corporate client was even notified by his ISP, that portscanning probes were executed against his servers. It turned out that another party on another ISP, was simply auditing the servers at the client's request. Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 November 2005 01:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Odd identd behavior > > On 2005-11-16 Lionel Ferette wrote: > > In the wise words of Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers, on Wednesday 16 > November 2005 14:14: > >> On 2005-11-14 Levenglick, Jeff wrote: > >>> I would not run nmap against someone else, you could find yourself > >>> in legal trouble. > >> > >> Very doubtful. I'm not aware of any law that forbids even portscans, > > > > Belgian law does. > > That's the first thing I hear. I would be very interested in details on > that law. Feel free to reply off-list, if this is considered off-topic. > > Regards > Ansgar Wiechers
