Definitely! But speaking of pen-testing, there are some "funny" stories about pen-testers getting temporarily apprehended and questioned by security or the authorities when communication between their employer and their client wasn't done properly. I wonder if the IT Crowd at my agency would notice if I did an unsanctioned, unauthorized port scan from my office desktop...
emotional_soup_88
joined 3 weeks ago
Yep, true story. Besides from the particulars in the GDPR that affects EU citizens, I think there is a more generalized disclaimer in the nmap manual about doing certain scans.
In my country, simply scanning for hosts/IP addresses could get you implicated, since IP addresses are under certain circumstances regarded as PII according to the GDPR. So... stay safe xD
Wait until you write code that is self-hosting!