Rabid Wombat wrote:
>
> This is why setting up a "bait" system with a chroot "jail" is a good
> idea. If you can't nail them for probing, you get a chance to nail them
> for hacking into the (deliberately weakened) system, and have logs to show
> what they try to do from there. Probing may be akin to rattling the
> doornob to see if it's locked, but hacking the bait system is B&E.
I've always wondered how these would fair under the socalled
"attractive nuisance" laws. As an example, in many municipalities
it's against the law to leave your home or building unlocked while
it is unoccupied. This is to remove "attractive nuisances" so
burglers are less likely to come visiting in the area. I wonder
how this fits in with the net? Is not setting up security
infrastructure like firewalls and passworded access construable
as providing an attractive nuisance?
My personal opinion is that bait machines are there for crackers
to trip over and reveil themselves. Once you've spotted them,
Let the cops follow them to the real systems that they are breaking
into.
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