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RE: publicly available resources and the law
From: "Meritt, Jim" <Jim.Meritt () wang com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:06:28 -0500
See the associated Press article dated 03:15 PM ET 01/13/99 beginning: OSLO, Norway (AP) _ Norway could become a haven for hackers after its Supreme Court ruled that trying to break into a computer over the Internet is not a crime until the system is actually breached, experts said Wednesday. In the decision, believed to be the first of its kind, the court last month said those connecting a computer to the Internet must expect that outsiders will seek ways to enter their system and that it is the owners' responsibility to protect their computers. _______________________ The opinions expressed above are my own. The facts simply are and belong to none. - The Red Queen rules! James W. Meritt, CISSP
Senior Security Systems Engineer at Wang Global ---------- From: Dragos Ruiu[SMTP:dr () v-wave com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 10:49 AM To: HD Moore; nmap-hackers () insecure org Subject: RE: publicly available resources and the law Interestingly enough, that posting about Oregon port-scanning laws led to a chat over coffee with my lawyer about hacking. He pointed me to an interesting case documented in the clipping below. His opinion was that it would be very difficult to make port-scanning stick in court, because you have to prove that the computer time or other "stolen" resources or information have value such that damages were incurred by their loss.
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- RE: publicly available resources and the law, (continued)
- RE: publicly available resources and the law Meritt, Jim (Feb 23)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Benjamin Tomhave (Feb 23)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Bennett Todd (Feb 23)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Ken Williams (Feb 24)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Fyodor (Feb 24)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Jesse Whyte (Feb 25)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law David Dennis (Feb 25)
- publicly available resources and the law System Administrator (Feb 25)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law vik bajaj (Feb 25)
- Re: publicly available resources and the law Bennett Todd (Feb 26)