Nmap

Hello, I would have a question. I would first like to apology and I didn't know what I did. I just nmaped 1.1.1.1 becouse I was bored and didn't know it was ilegal. Is there any way to apology for it, I didn't mean to couse any harm I just found nmap command in /bin directory and decided to use it as if it was ping command. Sorry
12 Replies
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Your port scan was probably not even noticed on 1.1.1.1 given the amount of traffic they handle
robert.j
robert.j5mo ago
What if they did?
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Not Cloudflare employee but given the traffic Cloudflare handles very hard to notice something that small. Plus technically port scanning is legal
robert.j
robert.j5mo ago
So what do you think could potentialy happen?
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Nothing
robert.j
robert.j5mo ago
Ok but port scanning is legal with permition
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Port scanning is generally legal because you're making requests across the internet. Again depends on countries
AndrewA
AndrewA5mo ago
People are likely NMAP-ing other Cloudflare IPs every day, I wouldnt worry about it
robert.j
robert.j5mo ago
Really?
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Yeah. The internet is scanned all the time.
robert.j
robert.j5mo ago
Yeah but with permition
Cyb3r-Jak3
Cyb3r-Jak35mo ago
Not really. Look at something like https://www.shodan.io/ which allows you to find exposed services
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