Re: Just got port scaned!!

["A. J. Clark" <adam kinetix dynip com>]

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Mike Johnson wrote:

> At 08:52 AM 2/18/99 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> I'd really hoped noone would attempt to relate port scanning to something
> in the physical world.  There is no relation, at all.  Port scanning is not

I pity those with no imagination.

> I am concerned about port scans and I have already taken measures to log
> all attemps, as well as fix any known security holes.  I also have used
> tools to try and prevent the exploitation on unknown holes. 

Very good ideas.

> Looking at my house? No.  Sneaking all around it to peek in all my windows?
> Yes.  However, again, I do not see the similarities between port scans and
> anything in the physical world.

How do you figure that a port scan and peeking in your house's windows
relates?  Close your blinds. ;-)

> I do this too.  As an aside, are you saying that you don't mind when you
> get port scanned?

No, why would I?  I'd be pissed at a security breach, but a port scan
doesn't bother me.

-------
Where would we be without rhetorical questions?