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

[ron.peterson at yellowbank.com (Ron Peterson)]

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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