Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
Mon Jun 20 06:03:22 UTC 2022
I would still consider an uninvited scan of my network antisocial.
Other operators are, of course, free to make their own choices.
Owen
> On Jun 19, 2022, at 03:13 , 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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