This was posted in an NT Security mailing list I belong to. I thought you ladies and gentleman would find it interesting. Michael E. Cummins ============================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of M. Burnett > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 11:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NTSEC] A felony to possess L0phtcrack! > > > www.channel4000.com/news/stories/news-20000217-164727.html > > According to this article (and a Hopkins Minnesota police > department), it is > a felony to posess l0phtcrack. Two people were charged with > "...two counts of possession of burglary or theft tools (specifically, a > software program for extracting user IDs and passwords from a computer > system). " > > Later, the articles explains that these two people '...accessed the VP > Projects computer system and installed a software program called > LOphtCrack, > which is designed to extract user IDs and passwords. " > > According to the article, its also a felony to attempt to gain > access using > it as well as another felony when you actually gain access. > > M. Burnett - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
