-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Woops! Your warning came about a half hour too late, William, but I appreciate the tip anyway. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, William Hubbs wrote: > Hi all, > > I wouldn't go running nmap blindly on another computer without the owner's permission. If you do and the owner complains to your isp you might get shut down for abuse -- they might think you are scanning the ports on the other machine to try to find a way to compromise it. > > I know this because a few years ago when I was running redhat linux (I think it was version 6 or so), someone got into my computer and did this and I was shut down. Fortunately the isp let me back on after I talked to them about what was going on. > > William - -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (59% of Full) In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQCvIjjVdG8M9x9tGAQK/9AP+Mn987oLH2hltDtb9ZWXEmrYGgoH/xR50 yH9Wl3FBSxLwTzY4RhUkj2OMCtGitN8rYz4pMiucoTfWwQcFZ/AakMosCVphloJM XC6xKKccV9Rr2e0BqzsHX6f2xJ/t+m6u5XUjXnWYQ9Mwom+e+focJI3a/GhesfX5 hty+oQRl2Xs= =JKXV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
