Re: R: Re: Korea (was RE: ?)

[thomas () 88 NET (thomas lakofski)]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Jordan Ritter wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Raistlin wrote:
>
> # > You have no right to 'investigate', if by that you mean using
> # > any unauthorized access to a machine that is not legally yours to
> # > administrate.
> #
> # If a machine offers a service I have all rights to use it. This is the
> # basical rule of networking.
>
> I'm sure the CEO who dials up to the internet on his Windows 98 box,
> sharing his entire harddrive (including his quarterly and annual financial
> reports), ignorant of the possible transgressions, would disagree.
>
> Is it his fault?  Yes.  Does that make it okay?  No.

Sure.  I'll leave my apartment door open in new york city, and put a sign
in the window indicating this fact.  Yes, it's still illegal to take my
stuff.  Will the police or insurance company sympathise?  I doubt it.

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