...and other than the fact that you sent this from a hushmail account, this has *what* to do with security, exploits, vulnerabilities, etc?
I suggest alt.legal.rants =;^) G On or about 2003.09.27 04:07:29 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > There has been a disturbing trend recently whereby "authorities" in the > United States of America have been filing lawsuits against peer to peer > (P2P) network users for alleged copyright infringement. The lawsuits > typically demand an outrageously large sum of money, such that the target > P2P user settles out of court for a smaller amount of money. As a result, > the quality of the authority's "evidence" is never called into question. > > I have written a paper that explores this issue by describing just some > of the many ways in which a malicious P2P user can generate and manipulate > "evidence" in order to implicate an innocent P2P user in behaviour deemed > unacceptable to the authorities. The paper discusses basic issues (such > as known issues with the architecture of P2P networks) as well as some > more advanced issues (such as previously unknown vulnerabilities in P2P > applications) that allow the creation and manipulation of "evidence" > of unacceptable behaviour, questioning the ability for authorities to > sue P2P network users. > > The paper can be found at the following URL: > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~123456789/p2p_entrapment.pdf -- Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP Telephone: 1 650 872 2420 Computer Engineering E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Security ICQ: 123710561 Software Development WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
