SV: [cobalt-users] PortSentry works !

["Christian Karlsson" <info@xxxxxxxxx>]

How can it be proved that a person has intented to commit further offences?
Everyone who uses a portscan doesn't do this act in an attempt to hack in to
the server.
How many ports has to be tried to access before it can be called a "scan"?
If I access the website (port 80), the POP3 (port 110), the ftp (port 21)
and then the telnet (port 23) have I done a "portscan" then?

I don't think it can be illigel to do a portscan. If so, it would also be
illegal to carry a  gun. You can't jail someone just because "he maybee will
make a crime"

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> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]För Graeme Fowler
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> Christian Karlsson wrote:
> > Is it really illigel to do a portscan?
>
> [see http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900018_en_1.htm ]
>
> The UK Computer Misuse Act 1990 declares that it is an offence to carry
> out:
>
> 1  Unauthorised access to computer material.
> 2  Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission of
> further offences.
> 3  Unauthorised modification of computer material.
>
> A port scan more than likely falls under section 2 above; although to my
> knowledge I have not yet seen any prosecutions following portscans under
> the act. IANAL however, and they could have taken place on the quiet. As
> far as I'm concerned the first time a script kiddie is successfully
> prosecuted in the UK under the CMA, it should be big news.
>
> Footnote: I worked for a couple of years in a university, and was
> heavily involved in the security and discipline side of things, so the
> Act became very pertinent for me several times; it's amazing what the
> threat of legal action will do to someone who's about to complete a
> degree :)
>
> Graeme Fowler
> Systems Administrator
> graeme.f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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