Subj : Re: Handy list of TCP ports?
To   : Geo.
From : Randall Parker
Date : Mon Mar 26 2001 02:25 am

From: Randall Parker <rgparker@west.net>

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:47:13 -0500 esteemed Geo. did'st hold forth thusly:
> Scans are the equivalent of looking at someone in public. Unless they are so
> intense that they are creating a flood condition I don't see the problem.
> Just because someone walks down the street and looks at all the cars doesn't
> mean they are a car thief. When I find an IP in my logs that poked me the
> first thing I do is scan it to see what it is, that's how you do things on
> the net, it's like looking at someone who waved at you.

That's interesting because by the time you go to scan them they may have lost 
that dynamic IP address and you may scan someone else.

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