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rohansingh47
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| #1 Is port scanning illegal? on January 17 2009 00:11 | |
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Just wondering if it is.. I mean.. it's technically not damaging anything and you don't have any unauthorized access to anything right? But I'm reading a book on network security and there was a story where some dude's ISP suspended his account because he was port scanning networks.
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mrdotkom
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| #2 on January 17 2009 07:11 | |
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meh you could probably be charged with conspiracy to commit. What country do you live in?
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rohansingh47
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| #3 on January 17 2009 07:49 | |
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Quote from mrdotkom What country do you live in? india I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code |
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scankyfrank
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| #4 on January 17 2009 12:04 | |
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It most countries its not actually illegal to portscan, but attempting to commit a crime is itself a crime. So you could get trouble for portscanning if there person can "prove" that you were trying to be malicious.
Also if while portscanning you crash, damage or in any other way waste a systems resources it is possible too get in legal trouble. In some countries it is actually completely illegal. to sum it up portscanning itself may not be illegal in most countries but the results may be. _('~')_/ how does it feel to be something on? |
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tancurrom
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| #5 on January 17 2009 15:35 | |
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ISP are companies trying to make money. I can't see a reason why they wouldn't take an opportunity to cancel a contract and not provide a service for the remainder of it. But it does strange. Although, I dought he was port scanning networks as a past time, there was probably more to the story.
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mrdotkom
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| #6 on January 17 2009 16:15 | |
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Agreed, your ISP can and will cancel your contract for any and all reasons,(Just look in the ToS) but whether or not port scanning is illegal, is up in the air.
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vs4vijay
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| #7 on January 18 2009 02:41 | |
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I Dont Think So that In Our Country It Is Illegel.............
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