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Date:      Wed, 4 Apr 2001 13:16:19 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
To:        Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>
Cc:        Enno Davids <enno.davids@metva.com.au>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Chasing the kiddies (was: Named Keep crashing)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104041314460.10247-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
In-Reply-To: <3ACAF18A.8E9716C@quake.com.au>

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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Kal Torak wrote:

> Why should network scanning be a crime at all? If anything should be a crime
> its sloppy admins that let there networks get comprimised...

But when after you scan, you break in and destroy data, THAT should be the
crime I'm talking about.

What you don't realize is that a lot of these attacks are now automated
rootkits which basically scan for the hole and if they find it, ROOT YOUR
MACHINE.

This is wrong.

- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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