Thomas Meindl wrote: > Reading the news I came across the legal issue of a new law in Germany. > It is now illegal to own, write or distribute preventive software which > can test the security of a computer by using the internet. As far as I > can see this means that portscanner like nmap are now illegal. > Does anyone know how this affects the opensuse distribution? > Kind regards, > Tom > Don't you just love the idiot politicians that come up with this stuff? With laws like that, it would be illegal to make sure your front door is locked, before leaving home. Any responsible sysadmin has to perform such checks as part of his job. I've often done so against my own firewall.
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