moin, moin, a post from the system administrator's guild. Obviously, I don't believe in cracking, virus disbersal, etc., but let's keep things in proper perspective. Also, how are DNS samples gonna help across the network? ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # Like the maid, I don't do (M$)Windows. - der.hans ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:04:35 -0700 From: Strata Rose Chalup To: sage-members@usenix.org Subject: [SAGE] Crack a site? Go to jail...for life! This would be a particularly good time to contact your Senators and Representatives, gang. BTW, a faxed piece of paper counts for much more than an emailed note, according to a recent presentation by Cindy Cohn, Legal Director for the EFF. SRC http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257 "Hackers, virus-writers and web site defacers would face life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under legislation proposed by the Bush Administration that would classify most computer crimes as acts of terrorism. "The Justice Department is urging Congress to quickly approve its Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), a twenty-five page proposal that would expand the government's legal powers to conduct electronic surveillance, access business records, and detain suspected terrorists. [...] "Most of the terrorism offenses are violent crimes, or crimes involving chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. But the list also includes the provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that make it illegal to crack a computer for the purpose of obtaining anything of value, or to deliberately cause damage. Likewise, launching a malicious program that harms a system, like a virus, or making an extortionate threat to damage a computer are included in the definition of terrorism." -- ======================================================================== Strata Rose Chalup [KF6NBZ] strata "@" virtual.net VirtualNet Consulting http://www.virtual.net/ ** Project Management & Architecture for ISP/ASP Systems Integration ** =========================================================================