anti-spam vs network abuse

Sat Mar 1 19:43:56 UTC 2003

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At 02:07 PM 3/1/2003 -0500, jlewis at lewis.org wrote:
>People speed, drive drunk, and run over pedestrians.  Should we outlaw
>cars?  Maybe just in California? :)

To use your analogy, you'd have to outlaw computers because they're used to 
bad things. That's not what's being discussed. Speeding can cause harm to 
others, thus it's against the law. Same with drunk and reckless driving. 
So, since probing is often used for malicious intent, should it not also be 
prohibited or at the very least limited?

Since there's no way to tell if a probe is being done for precautionary or 
exploratory purposes, me being the security paranoid type that I am will 
always assume the worst and react accordingly. I don't think I'm alone here. 
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