Possibly. This may also be along the lines that you cannot put a camera in a dressing room stall to watch for thieves. It's your property but there are still lines that you can't cross. I would personally argue that a honeypot does not cross any such line.
At 01:47 PM 4/18/2003 -0500, you wrote: >That's really weird and sinister. Does this apply to monitoring of >private networks by their owners? I can understand the government being >kept from monitoring communications on private and public networks, but >not me from mine or even me from a public network. His statements, >carnivore and TIA indicate the Feds are making a huge power grab and >claiming ownership of all private networks attached to a public one. They >own the airwaves to the extent that I can not make an "unauthorized" >receiver or even tell how. Could this be their little way of nerfing >further into the internet? Next thing you know, I'll need a court order >to look out my window. > > > >On 2003.04.18 11:10 Nashid Hasan wrote: > > These legal games are sickening....... > > > > "Using a honeypot to detect and surveil computer intruders might put > you on > > the working end of federal wiretapping beef, or even get you sued by > the next > > hacker that sticks his nose in the trap, a Justice Department attorney > warned > > Wednesday." > > > > http://securityfocus.com/news/4004 > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
