RE: [cobalt-users] OT Hosting company scanning my Cobalt

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> That sounds likely. Of course if this were someone outside 
> the data center trying to do this, it would be illegal. 
> Sounds pretty shady to me.

Actually, a recent Federal court decision says a scan is not illegal if
the scan in itself causes no damage. Claiming that investigating the
scan was the damage was thrown out.
Some states have different laws regarding accessing a computer or
network.

"In the Georgia District Court case of "Moulton v. VC3," the judge
declared a port scan in the case legal because it did not "impair the
integrity nor availability of the network."[3] The judge found that
since the activity performed no damage to the target, it could not be
illegal."

If you Google for "impair the integrity nor availability of the network"
as an exact quote you can see the cached version of the sans.org story
that mentions this.

-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

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