On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 08:19:52PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > forbidden of trying to do network scans, but the sysadmin wants to > > know. I can't blame him (I'm on speaking terms with him ;-) > > Not forbidden? > > I know a corporate network or two which would get you disconnected > if you do that : > > Disconnected? That doesn't sound permissive. In my book, forbidden would mean *you* get disconnected from the institution. Your machine disconnected from the network and having to do "pretty please" to the admin... I'd say "fair enough". Wouldn't be *my* policy, but I can live with that. > > > I was once reprimamaned by Amazon for nmapping my own network. That's > > > what I call real devotion to stamping out network discovery. > > > > Now now. No reprimands. The firewall notices and disables that one port, > > That's all. > > I was controlled by an inaminte agency? Is that any better than being > controlled by an agent of survellance capitalism? Either way, my actions > are monitored. My communications are intercepted and censorship applied. Could be worse, believe me. At a lower protocol level [1] it's even part of the protocol, i.e. mandatory :) Cheers [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet#Jabber -- t
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