Well, just my two bits worth...
I hardly saw any mention of NMAP. I know there are questions on legality, etc. but on the network I maintain (the CompSci Dept of the University where I study) we are obviously connected to the whole campus, and you would not believe the amount of spam etc. that gets sent by infected machines, mostly running The Evil OS (TM) aka. MS Windows. NMAP is nice for tracking down the machine and getting more info about it (eg. OS it is running, open ports, etc), especially in conjunction with whois, to get together enough info in order to get the IT dept. to go kill these zombie machines. Usually it is because the id10t owning the machine is running a preSP2 WinXP install thus making it extremely vulnerable to spyware/virii, especially since our network is *rather* hostile. In fact, an unpacthed, preSP2, WinXP machine will die in 30 sec if connected to our network and believe me - when I was still a n00b I accidentally did it.:-P
Regards,
Dirk
Well well. I see where you come from, however, I simply cannot agree with you. I am what you (as an Atheist I assume from your comments -> My apologies if I am wrong) would describe as a religious conservative. See the thing is, that which is currently taught to kids in America is as much a religion as mine. Contrary to popular belief and much propaganda by the media, the theory about Evolution is nowhere near as solid as some scientists would love to have you believe. The thing is that mainly the ID movement is now lobbying to get the schools to provide a balanced view of the situation - the traditional "science" */read evolution/* versus Itelligent Design, or if I had a say in this, creationism.
For more info on the debate, see www.answersingenesis.org or www.drdino.com.
Oh, and please, before slamming me as a conservative, closed minded bible basher, check out those sites. The make more scientific sense than you might think.
Yours respectfully,
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Well, just my two bits worth... I hardly saw any mention of NMAP. I know there are questions on legality, etc. but on the network I maintain (the CompSci Dept of the University where I study) we are obviously connected to the whole campus, and you would not believe the amount of spam etc. that gets sent by infected machines, mostly running The Evil OS (TM) aka. MS Windows. NMAP is nice for tracking down the machine and getting more info about it (eg. OS it is running, open ports, etc), especially in conjunction with whois, to get together enough info in order to get the IT dept. to go kill these zombie machines. Usually it is because the id10t owning the machine is running a preSP2 WinXP install thus making it extremely vulnerable to spyware/virii, especially since our network is *rather* hostile. In fact, an unpacthed, preSP2, WinXP machine will die in 30 sec if connected to our network and believe me - when I was still a n00b I accidentally did it. :-P
Regards,
Dirk
Well well. I see where you come from, however, I simply cannot agree with you. I am what you (as an Atheist I assume from your comments -> My apologies if I am wrong) would describe as a religious conservative. See the thing is, that which is currently taught to kids in America is as much a religion as mine. Contrary to popular belief and much propaganda by the media, the theory about Evolution is nowhere near as solid as some scientists would love to have you believe. The thing is that mainly the ID movement is now lobbying to get the schools to provide a balanced view of the situation - the traditional "science" */read evolution/* versus Itelligent Design, or if I had a say in this, creationism. For more info on the debate, see www.answersingenesis.org or www.drdino.com. Oh, and please, before slamming me as a conservative, closed minded bible basher, check out those sites. The make more scientific sense than you might think. Yours respectfully,