Ethics Question

Todd Hought plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 3 May 2001 12:56:44 -0700


Perfectly ethical, IMHO. 
People who try to invade someone else's privacy and security by doing that 
have already forfeited their right to it.
-T


On Thursday 03 May 2001 06:03, you wrote:
> Is it ethical?  Of course it is....it gives them the unparalleled
> opportunity to work through their karma at an accelerated pace...;-)
>
> "J.Francois" wrote:
> > Now that I am back online I am being hammered by script kiddies
> > trying to "0wN" the MagusNet Public Proxy.
> >
> > I wrote a script to automate putting my Intrusion Detection Logs
> > into a Web Page to "out" the bad guys.
> >
> > I realize this will do nothing more than make them redouble their
> > efforts, but the question I have is this:
> >
> > Is it ethical to reveal the IP address and attacks of the bad guys
> > in a public web page?
>
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