I stand corrected. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act states numerous times that it's only a crime if abuse occurs "without authorization". If we're authorized, then hack away!
http://www.panix.com/~eck/computer-fraud-act.html ray On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Jeffrey Lee wrote: > It is not against the law to break into any computer system where the owner > has given permission... > > > On Mar 8, 2005, at 9:51 AM, -ray wrote: > >> On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Dwayne Giardina wrote: >> >>> http://www.linuxense.com/challenge/ >> >> Cool... but be aware than even though they're allowing you to break-in, >> it's still a federal offense. And the Feds could press charges regardless >> of what linuxense.com wanted to do. >> >> ray >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
