A bit aggressively stated, but I agree with your overall point. Every few years, a piece of tech comes along and clobbers older tech. This is how security impro

A bit aggressively stated, but I agree with your overall point. Every few years, a piece of tech comes along and clobbers older tech. This is how security improves. Also, in the write context, it is already illegal to send raw TCP packets. Laws around port scanning are pretty ambiguously defined, and inconsistent across states. While generally harmless, a poorly placed SYN can get you in some serious trouble.