[H-GEN] (AUSCERT#38535) Re: The recient spate of port scans and intrusion attempts. (fwd)

[Sid Young]

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>At what point does doorknob-rattling (either in the physical world, or
>on the net) become an attempted break-in?  Does it depend on intent to
>break in, or is it based on some kind of generally accepted conduct?
>

Intent....why do you rattle a door knob??...to get in...intent is not
acceptable conduct.



>The classic example, I suppose, is fingering a machine: on the one
>hand, it's a public service, but on the other it may be a prelude to
>an attack and people would always find a finger from an address
>they've never heard of at least interesting.
>
>-- 
>Martin Pool
>PGP encrypted email preferred.
>fingerprint: 7F2D 9E59 589F 8A03 FAAE  3815 1E08 E06A 5D97 7ED0
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Sid Young
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