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Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net


From: Dean Robb <pceasy () norfolk infi net>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 01:52:46 -0500

At 15:17 2/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
At 05:54 PM 2/1/99 -0500, Dean Anderson wrote:

This kind of monitoring is probably a direct violation of 18 USC 2511, as
is a public announcement of the monitoring results. Indeed, at present, I'd
say it appears to be the best example of an unauthorized 3rd party
violation I've seen so far. (most [all previous] people don't admit
details, but we know some do it). Unless of course you have authorization
from norcal or all the recipients of those 2 million packets to monitor.
Since norcal isn't your customer, I don't suppose you have any paper
showing they gave you permission to collect and publish information about
their traffic.

What type of monitoring are you talking about?  Or are you saying I cannot
filter packets through my network as I please?

Of course you can.  Dean likes to argue that any looking at, smelling of,
blocking of, rerouting of, counting packets of, etc.,  data is wiretapping
(the topic of 18 USC 2511).  

Microsoft Windows(tm):  How much hair did you want to tear out today?  

Dean Robb
PC-EASY computer services
(757) 495-EASY [3279]



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