Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Bacon Zombie
Have a look at the talks done by Fyodor the creator of Nmap Scanning the Internet. http://nmap.org/presentations/BHDC08/bhdc08-slides-fyodor.pdf http://www.securitytube.net/video/170 http://blog.thc.org/index.php?/archives/2-Port-Scanning-the-Internet.html Also if you are look for a host

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Darius Jahandarie
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: Want to re-write that section or should I respond now? ;-) I always thought it wasn't allowed because of 18 USC § 2701, but IINAL, would be happy to hear otherwise :). -- Darius Jahandarie

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:48:47 -0400, Darius Jahandarie said: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: Want to re-write that section or should I respond now? ;-) I always thought it wasn't allowed because of 18 USC 2701, but IINAL, would be happy to hear

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com From: Darius Jahandarie djahanda...@gmail.com Either way, in the US at least, it's not legal to port scan random machines on the internet, so this was a rather useless exercise. (And

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Darius Jahandarie
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:46 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:48:47 -0400, Darius Jahandarie said: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: Want to re-write that section or should I respond now? ;-) I always thought it wasn't

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:38:52 -0400, Darius Jahandarie said: In particular, my understanding was that since you're sending a SYN, it could very well initiate access to stored communications (although What 18 USC 2701 actually says, courtesy of www.law.cornell.edu: Offense. - Except as provided

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-16 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 10/16/12, Darius Jahandarie djahanda...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com wrote: I always thought it wasn't allowed because of 18 USC § 2701, but IINAL, would be happy to hear otherwise :). 18 USC 2701 is not necessarily the only

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-15 Thread Darius Jahandarie
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Florian Weimer f...@deneb.enyo.de wrote: A full scan needs just 0.5 TB of data per TCP port, so roll your own is definitely an option. But I expect that any halfway decent hosting provider will start asking questions after the first billion packets or so, and

Re: Internet-wide port scans

2012-10-15 Thread Scott Weeks
--- djahanda...@gmail.com wrote: From: Darius Jahandarie djahanda...@gmail.com Either way, in the US at least, it's not legal to port scan random machines on the internet, so this was a rather useless exercise. (And -- Want to re-write that