Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry works !

[Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christian,

> How can it be proved that a person has intented to commit further
offences?

Well, it's used in courts - so...

> Everyone who uses a portscan doesn't do this act in an attempt to hack in
to
> the server.

No, that's right.

> 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"

Yes, you can actually. If it can be "proven" that he did something with the
intent of doing something illegal - it can be prosecuted.

(think of the police findings the notes planning a bank robbery in your
apartment -- can  you then say that it's just something you made "for fun"?)

Anyways, court cases has been ruled on the subject. The trouble is, that
more or less each country has it's own set of regulations and precedences on
the subject.

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
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