Hope, more companies and groups will follow your example and show to your government how stupid law they made. m.f
On 26/09/2007, Thierry Zoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Dear List, > You may or may not have noticed but a lot of German companies and > researches have pulled their tools from their website in fear of litigation. > > We are fed up with the ambiguity and confusion surrounding Germany > controversial new anti-hacker law and n.runs AG decided to put the law > to the test, we reuploaded the BTCrack (Bluetooth Cracking tool) and > futhermore added a new Item, the source code to the Linux port for > immediate download. [1] > > The law, which took effect Aug. 10, mandates fines or prison sentences > for any person who violates 202a or 202b "by providing access to, > selling, acquiring, leaving at the disposition of someone, distributing > or otherwise making accessible" passwords or access control information. > It also outlaws computer programs whose purpose is solely criminal. > > N.runs hopes its actions will encourage other German security firms and > researchers to put their security tools and research back online as > well. "The current confusion and uncertainty is affecting everyone > around here," Jan Münther (CTO) says. > > "Germany is most certainly not becoming a safer place because of these > laws." > > > More Information about the motivation behind this move and more insight > is available through Dark Reading : > http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=134646&WT.svl=news1_2 > > [1] http://www.nruns.com/_en/security_tools.php > PS. The link know really points to a file... > > > Regards, > Thierry Zoller - Security Engineer > Fingerprint 9180 F9C9 A0EF BDA3 C46A BFEB B149 0FE4 3AFC 9B09 > > - -- > n.runs AG > Registergericht Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, HRB 10399 > Nassauer Straße 60 > 61440 Oberursel > mobil +49 151 5500 2771 > phone +49 6171 699-0 > fax +49 6171 699-199 > web http://www.nruns.com > > Aufsichtsrat: Vorstand: > Horst Marscholek (Vorsitzender) Andreas Bruns (Vorsitzender) > Ulrich Caspar Alexander Kersting Donald Lee > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG+kf1sUkP5Dr8mwkRAo8YAJ9yI98SBxyFvUkGL0oZzqtLp5mP0wCcCD1i > N4/Hvvlb6godnpBjMbLxCp8= > =jgZb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
