On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Jon Goode wrote:
> Has anyone considered setting up snort to detect network scans from external
> networks, then automatically having nessus 'retaliate' a scan and post the
> results of the offending machine? Or could this loop? :)
>From a legal point of view it would be illegal in most countries.
(Enforcing it is another matter but I know Dutch crackers shouldn't try
poking foreign sites as some of them found out the hard way.)
>From a technical point of view it is likely you will try to hit the wrong
people and effectively be part of the menace.
Hugo.
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