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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2014-05-26 13:05:48 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2014-05-26 13:05:48 +1200
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.PP
I recommend you use croncrypt, so you don't leak your network information
in plain text in your email: https://github.com/tejr/croncrypt
+.PP
+Please also consider whether your scan actually requires root privileges, and
+could not instead be run by a dedicated user with appropriately limited
+privileges.
.SH SEE ALSO
nmap(1), ndiff(1)
.SH AUTHOR