Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities

Forrest Christian (List Account) lists at packetflux.com
Sun Jun 19 17:45:46 UTC 2022


Correction... shadowserver.org

They scan the entire ipv4 internet daily for select potential
vulnerabilities.

On Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 11:43 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
lists at packetflux.com> wrote:

> See shadowserver.net
>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 4:13 AM Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I would like to solicit the opinions of network operators on the practice
>> of scanning all of, or large chunks of the internet for known
>> vulnerabilities.
>>
>> In earlier times, this was generally viewed as being distinctly
>> anti-social
>> behavior, but perhaps attitudes have changed relative to earlier eras.
>> I would thus like to know how people feel about it now, in 2022.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> rfg
>>
>>
>> P.S.  Just to be clear, I personally have neither any desire nor any
>> intent
>> to undertake such activity myself, nor am I in communiacation with any
>> party
>> or parties that have such an intent or desire.  I cannot however say that
>> I
>> am unaware of any parties that may currently be involved in such
>> activities.
>>
>
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