Port scans are considered legal in the United States, although I would
advise against them unless you intend to take action against the offender.
Otherwise, you may want to simply log the offending IP (or range of IPs),
in case they repeat their attempts.
Hope that helps,
Nik
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09/10/2001 Subject: RE: Is it "legal" to nmap
offending hosts?
05:23 AM
Hi,
Yes, it's considered illegal. In several countries it's considered an
intrusion attempt and you can be charged for that. Even if you scan a
possible intruder that scanned your hosts. Port scanning is seeing as a
'legal' tool for sys admins, to use on their network hosts, and law
enforcement organizations.
Cheers,
Nuno Mendes / GeP
-----Original Message-----
From: Xno Xutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: sabado, 8 de Setembro de 2001 16:10
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is it "legal" to nmap offending hosts?
Hi All!
Sure this is a beginners question, but I must ask it
anyway. Is it considered ilegal ou unpolite to send
nmap probes to offending hosts I find in my logs? I
have no intention to go any farther, but I would like
to gather some information on these hosts.
Any comments would be welcome!
Regards,
Xno
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