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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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