> How about making it illegal for the culprit to go anywhere near a computer
> for two years (punishable by prison). Put them on probation. This would have
> a knockon affect of (in some cases) making certain people unemployable for a
> while (if their job involves computers). Confiscate all hardware for the
> duration and delete all know internet accounts etc. You could even
> distribute lists to all known (local) service providers making it an offence
> to provide a connection to anyone on that list.
See, this is exactly why I protest so vehemently about this topic. This
kind of punishment for a port scan only, which I'm presupposing has not
caused a DoS situation, seems completely unwarranted. I'm still talking
about a case where no attack followed, and no damage was done.
The penalty is harsh, where the crime has about the same severity as
rolling through a stop sign or calling someone a name. Does no real
damage. Yet intelligent people still want to see people hang for it.
Makes no sense to me.
Derek D. Martin | UNIX System Administrator
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