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
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