Re: Korea (was RE: ?)

[nexus () PATROL I-WAY CO UK (JJ Gray)]

Hi folks,
    Hmmm, might possibly be an ethical question but it's not really a legal
one - if you are dropped straight to a prompt with no terms and conditions
of use, statements of authorised users only and the like then the chances of
legal action would be almost non-existant IMHO.   I don't see how connecting
to an internet visible computer & port is illegal in itself and the comment
on condoning cracking is a little harsh don't you think ?   Extrapolating
that argument would result in connecting to a web server on port 80 being
regarded as cracking ????   Where do you draw the line ?   I regularly see
in my firewall logs that various mailservers, DNS servers and the like are
pinging me - is this scanning ?   Is this legal ? *shrug*
I decide what I consider benign or aggressive behaviour on percieved intent,
not specific action.

Just my two penneth ;-)

Regards,
            JJ

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?

----- Original Message -----
From: Brooke, O'Neil <o'neil.brooke () LMCO COM>
To: <INCIDENTS () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: Korea (was RE: ?)

> > Well, while you're there, why don't you poke around and see if you can
find
> > out
> > who ownz that box?  Could be useful to know that...
> >
> > RGF
> >
> > Robert G. Ferrell
> > Internet Technologist
> > National Business Center, US DoI
> > Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov
>
> This is not a very ethical statement. Especially when you consider the
> email address you have used to send this message. Does the National
> Business Center condone 'cracking', when it is useful?