EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt from 209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx

Fri Oct 26 19:42:50 UTC 2001

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Wouldn't it be more appropriate to use "businesses" instead of
houses?  Trying the front door to a business to see if they're open
(while no excuse for checking the windows, obviously) is a little
more appropriate IMO..

Matt

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From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf
Of
Simon Lockhart
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:19 PM
To: Dan Hollis
Cc: Christopher Wawak; Alex Rubenstein; nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: EXAMPLE: ### xxx Canada detected a penetration attempt
from
209.123.x.229. Incident# xxxx

>
>On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Christopher Wawak wrote:
>> Well, not exactly.  Looking into the windows or checking the
>> doorknobs is more akin to looking at your directory structre on
>> your computer or file ... Scanning is more like going through the
>> phone book or looking at the names on mailboxes in a
>> neighborhood....
>
>So you dont mind if people portscan your network?

Stupid analogy # 54325235:

pinging all hosts on a net: Walking down a street finding out which
houses 
exist

Portscan: Trying the doors, windows, etc on a house

I know which one I don't mind...

Simon
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