On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:46 AM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:48:47 -0400, Darius Jahandarie said: >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Scott Weeks <sur...@mauigateway.com> wrote: >> > Want to re-write that section or should I respond now? ;-) >> >> I always thought it wasn't allowed because of 18 USC 2701, but >> IINAL, would be happy to hear otherwise :) > > If a portscan allows access to stored communications, you have bigger > problems.
In particular, my understanding was that since you're sending a SYN, it could very well initiate access to stored communications (although that may have not been the intent of the SYN). But maybe I'm wrong -- and even if I'm right, this seems like something that probably wouldn't hold in court very well anyways. -- Darius Jahandarie