Derek Martin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Bruce McCulley wrote:
> > and that response should include retribution.
>
> An eye for an eye, eh? Wonderful philosophy (no really!) but it's ILLEGAL
> in all 50 states AFAIK. So you'll end up going to jail yourself, most
> likely. The only allowable "retribution" is involving law enforcement,
> which in all likelihood is worse than the disease...
Derek is correct on this.... Title 18 makes no allowance for self
defense. You can not retaliate for a cyber-event. It is considered an
isolated incident and will be treated as an attack initiated by you.
FYI,
Kenny
PS This does not mean that I don't *LIKE* the idea ;-)
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Kenny Lussier
Systems Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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