Subj : Re: Handy list of TCP ports? To : Mike Nice From : Geo. Date : Mon Mar 26 2001 01:21 pm From: "Geo." "Mike Nice" wrote in message news:59ovbt0cm47p1l5p88ke4jfsdtoithv56d@4ax.com... > > But that's overstating it a bit. To follow the analogy, assume Joe > was your customer and he runs an insecure box. If I complain because > Joe's box scanned me, I'm not complaining that he scanned, it's that > his box has become a forever available anonymizer that hackers can > chain through to perform mischief, that is until Joe finally rebuilds > and / or buttons up the box. I don't disagree with your reasoning but there is something you have to realize and accept. Sooner or later, most people are gonna get hacked. Unless everyone with a machine on the net is planning on becoming security experts it is going to happen. You can't blame these people any more than you can blame someone who has their car stolen. Geo. --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .