Scanning the Internet for Vulnerabilities

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Mon Jun 20 06:04:31 UTC 2022


shadow server (to the best of my knowledge) only scans sites that have invited them to do so.

Owen


> On Jun 19, 2022, at 10:43 , Forrest Christian (List Account) <lists at packetflux.com> wrote:
> 
> See shadowserver.net <http://shadowserver.net/>
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 4:13 AM Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com <mailto: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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