Re: Odd identd behavior

You scanning someone else without their permission is not network trouble 
shooting.

The law is very open. Yes, there is nothing on nmap, but isp's have usage 
statements that target server and hacking tools.  (Ie: a home user is not 
supposed to use their line for a server....ect)
You can pretty much call any isp and complain about a scan and have them warn 
or suspend an account. Granted, it needs to be a valid scan, not a quick few 
second random scan.
Jeffrey Levenglick
Internet Systems Engineer
Federal Home Loan Bank Of Atlanta
404-888-5398


-----Original Message-----
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq@planetcobalt.net>
To: incidents@securityfocus.com <incidents@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wed Nov 16 08:14:07 2005
Subject: Re: Odd identd behavior

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,
much less network troubleshooting or the use of tools like nmap in
general.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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