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In article <YSXl6.1657$Tj1.1236856@nntp1.onemain.com>, mi_rayge@notyahoo.com 
(mirayge) writes...
> "John Navas" <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:AvBl6.3902$S25.55097@typhoon.sonic.net...
> > [POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE]
> >
> > In <z3zl6.2631$Ms3.427356@typhoon2.ba-dsg.net>, "Justin Emalius"
> > <notta.name@notta.server.net> wrote:
> >
> > >Frankly, I didn't know there were legitimate reasons for scanning
> ports.  ...
> >
> > There aren't.
> <snip>
> Yes there are. Many people run FTP services on their machines and allow
> anonymous logins. They want to share programs and files. How do you find
> these servers? By scanning a range of IP numbers for open port 21. If
> they do not want you to connect they should tighten their security.


Let me ask you something.  Do you sit there with all that
free time of yours, just randomly scanning the internet for
open ftp ports?  If so, why?  If you find one, do you feel
it is your g*d-given right to take whatever you find there,
regardless of who owns the host/material/site, regardless
whether it was intentionally left public or not?  Why?

If I leave a computer on my front lawn for a couple minutes
while I run back into the house to answer a phone call, does
that mean you have a right to run off with it because you 
"found" it there while walking down the sidewalk in front 
of my house and it wasn't tied down?  Why?



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