-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2/1/2012 04:53 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Easily forged, and machines are too easy to compromise. This idea that > an IP address is clear and convincing evidence of origin is absolute > bonkers. An IP address is evidence of *routing*.
Must you resort to the ad hominem fallacy? > Maybe I have a darker view of human nature than you do, that's certainly > possible, but I think it's a critical mistake to apply rational-actor > theory to criminals. (It's just as critical of a mistake to apply > rational-actor theory to human beings. Human beings ain't rational > actors.) I am not assuming that ANYONE is rational. I am merely assuming that most everyone is lazy, and would only go to that trouble if they had a personal problem with the person they are targeting. I know some teenagers who might, "just for fun", but they usually target people they have a problem with. > The only way this argument can be refuted is for me to commit a felony > (breaking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). I'll happily give a > general outline of how it can be done, but I'm not going to commit a > felony just to prove a point. That way lies madness. Yet, you did not give that outline. I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. It is already heating up, and the last thing we want here is a flame war. Regards, Christopher J. Walters P.S. I shall not add more fuel to the fire, so to speak. I stand by my decision to sign my messages, and respect your choice not to do so. I only ask the same respect from you. In the end, as all things, this is a personal choice. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPKbk+AAoJEJ6vdel2qM1cvMkQAJKERTiiUpnfbdgInZ/AqsrG 5TSEH93SWD8EmARrEMhugtI91gFkxLWu27Tiy4pFIQ+phNYMOld9q5hDl3PiXHYL 2pfS4CtQ9mBopLejpJ7F+0mlADmRFCJYKBjbdlk6t63UG/Kjjr5mLvf4X9Y0bJDP UQcyzlHcblrbv+ae3jSILsSlLi56cIHfvyYB5LwXVxMc4S2erQ/c562g1G8Rb8Zb ol/o5FA36V2dNQk6xusZ8PsjdMY80gPBPUWm4NCDoeu+zBS1IdU4f+Fr8dJJfhUJ ohOM2dpDYMgqeHvbUVHWj2rcG1N8sO062ivj7e1losE2lodEDrxRDzC8PoNW4u8r BqUbAIDLoazWeI9YrwD0VCjgMl7UqPY8/QkN67PHCat0VgJ62xGzLM9HE0SlbP/i RonLvsnvi3qYTwiKKLA0qK+PQRE0p+f8NqbHTxoXmkYQHrlsQNf4aiaASaW+s2vX 8OmVrtEetCXKGLBVJktlwlg1LFtB3Qe2NsewAyJeLSQWxomiVZE7FIdwyxTYQHWm aE3qvsMLBWyo2PTQ5h4vBkIRne9jzrkqm1/mwp35IAXYHwKQn/5S2fFOzOnVJz+w p8UkRUSfibJzxIKFkuqo0FNXf2bkCqosndsX50nVFwtu5bXRY7PkUWcnYnrkQRS5 mUlvM6j3yNZcPcYUfEX6 =5hBo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 120201-0, 02/01/2012 Tested on: 2/1/2012 5:14:26 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
