Ashcroft's Anti-Terrorism Act may convict us all ...

Anthony J. Gabrielson agabriel at coe.neu.edu
Tue Sep 25 13:12:28 EDT 2001


what you didn't know.  You can't break allow - the computer will tell you
so when you try to log in.  This teminal is for DoD use only.  You mean if
your not in the DoD you can still use it.

Some laws aren't worth the paper their printed on....

Anthony

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Ron Peterson wrote:

>
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, John Chambers wrote:
>
> > There's a  fun  discussion  over  on  slashdot  about  John
> > Ashcroft's  proposed  Anti-Terrorism  Act.  It includes all
> > "computer crimes" as terrorist acts, and the definition  is
> > fairly  generous.
>
> I certainly wouldn't advocate trying to crack .mil boxes in any case.  But
> I would surmise that the fact script kiddies and their ilk /do/ attempt
> such hijinks helps keep the sysadmins on their toes.  If no-one even dares
> to poke at these machines, I can imagine an onerous degree of complacency
> setting in - leaving .mil boxes just flapping in the breeze.  So when the
> /real/ terrorists want to strike, they'll have easy pickings.
>
> But what do I know?
>
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