[Cialug] FYI: Pioneer detected an nmap scan last night

[Gavin Campbell]

Just goes to show, people don't know how to properly run an nmap scan...

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of kristau
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:49 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] FYI: Pioneer detected an nmap scan last night

I was giving a presentation to the Central Iowa Linux User's Group
(CIALUG.org) last night at Alliance Technologies. The topic of that presentation was "BackTrack 5 Network Security Discovery" (slide deck:
http://goo.gl/tF2zL) It is possible that one of our guests chose to run an nmap discovery scan against pioneer.com while connected to our public wireless. I'm certain there was no malicious intent behind this scan, and it was purely an act of curiosity.

Kenneth Ristau | Senior Technical Consultant, Enterprise Architecture Group Alliance Technologies | www.AllianceTechnologies.net
420 Watson Powell Jr. Way, Suite 100 | Des Moines, IA 50309
515.245.7719 | 888.387.5670 x7719

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