Re: honey pots and laws

[Roderick ASSELINEAU <rdasselineau () yahoo fr>]

Thx it's the answer i was hoping ;).
Of course not being a relay is the major prob.
Thx for your help.

Best regards,

Roderick ASSELINEAU


On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 00:44, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
> The legislation  is quite clear.  In the vast  majority of law  in EU,
> this is related to the  incitement. With a honeynet/pot, you have only
> a box waiting (is it an incitement) ? I don't think so. Of course, you
> should provide the maximum security around the box, to not being a big
> relay to attack other hosts... 
>
> Legislation  is  a  matter  of  terminology...  So  with  the  correct
> terminology, the legal risk is minimized. 
>
> Hope this helps. 
>
> adulau
>
> On 8 Dec 2002, Roderick ASSELINEAU wrote:
>
> >     I was thinking about preparing a honey pot some days ago however some
> > of my friends told me that it was illegal in France, because it would be
> > "encouraging piracy", according to french law he thought. Most of people
> > receiving aren't surely french however, if someone (maybe a lawyer, who
> > knows ? :p) knew about the answer or had any questions about that, it
> > would be nice.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Roderick ASSELINEAU
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Roderick ASSELINEAU <rdasselineau () yahoo fr>

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