It's more like throwing a stone at a window to see if it's open.
Sometimes the stone bounces off the closed window, sometimes it
sails through the open window, and sometimes it *breaks* the window.
"I only wanted to find out if the window was open or closed" is not
generally considered an excuse to avoid responsibility for the broken
pane....
David Gillett
-----Original Message-----
From: Craddock, Larry [mailto:l_craddock@wfec.com]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:59 AM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: application for an employment
Seems to me port scanning is neither picking a lock or seeing
a door hanging wide open but more like rattling a door to see
if it is unlocked. I don't know about you, but if someone
comes by my house and rattles the door to check whether or
not it's locked I'm going to assume he has bad intentions
whether he does or not and he'll need to be prepared for my response.
-----Original Message-----
From: L G [mailto:nitziya74@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:23 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: application for an employment
This is a good thread which begs further discussion.
I guess the crudest part of my question is, was Mathias
picking a lock, or did he see a door hanging wide open?
And at what point is someone going through an open door
versus looking in a window versus admiring someone's
architecture from the street?
lg
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