RE: publicly available resources and the law

["Meritt, Jim" <Jim.Meritt () wang com>]

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.
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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
>
>
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> 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.