Using a honeypot to protect ones network is in my opinion negligent and irresponsible. Companies have a responsibility to do their best to keep their systems inaccessible to unauthorized users, and putting a "free" system on the internet that could potentially allow a cracker to launch attacks against others is not a good practice.
Companies absolutely have a right to protect their systems, but not to the point of breaking the law to do it. I think anyone who willingly puts a machine on the internet that's configured to allow someone easy and full access to it--knowing that that person intends to do damage with it--is guilty of aiding a criminal and should be charged as such. Enforcing the law is not the duty of citizens and corporations. On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 22:48, Jeremy J Bertrand wrote: > > I just read the article on securityforce.com. posssible loop-hole in using a > redirect, to redirect hacker traffic from a production system to a honeypot > the hacker could sue/countersue for misrepresentation and entrapment. That > goes for both the private company and the government. > As far as the hackers getting in through other means beside telnet or a > webpage and how to notify there are numerous messages that you can use to > notify that the machine is being monitored. > But your right it is sickening. The fact that using a honeypot to lure hackers > away from production machines could land you in prison. The fact that the act > hacking any machine is a felony should but doesn't protect the company from > litigation. > ??? I mean a company doesn't have the right to protect what is his and so what > if he wants to use something that could help capture "wanted criminals", the > company should be rewarded for doing a good deed, but instead they get > litigation. Come on what kind of society have we created for ourselves ???? > > > Jeremy Bertrand > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Nashid Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:10:07 -0500 > Subject: [brlug-general] Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? > > > 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 > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
