--On February 4, 2006 1:21:41 AM -0800 Fyodor <fyodor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So....you think what the NSA is doing is illegal and you don't like them tracking your phone calls (why would they be? Are you talking to bin Laden?), but you think that them using tools that can be used to successfully hack computer networks is "nifty"?Of the recent U.S. political scandals, one of the most divisive is the issue of President Bush (IMHO illegally) authorizing the NSA to conduct warantless wiretaps on Americans' phone calls and emails. While I don't like the NSA tracking my phone calls, they are welcome to track Nmap release status. And apparently they are doing so :). The latest (February 6) issue of Newsweek has a picture on page 39 of George Bush visiting the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade. A wall-sized screen in the background displays the latest versions of our favorite open source security tools, including Nmap, Metasploit, Snort, Ethereal, Cain & Abel, and Kismet. Nifty. For those without the magazine, I have posted a pic at:
No double standard there, huh? :-)Love Nmap, BTW. Great tool. Thanks for writing and consistently maintaining it.
Paul Schmehl (pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/