At 05:16 PM 1/19/01 +0530, Mukund wrote:

>My point was instead of discussing ethics, chasing the hackers, informing
>the ISP, Admins should make their boxes tightly secured so the incidences of
>break in are avoided.

A sensible admin does _both_.  Anyone probing my servers is promptly 
reported to his ISP.

>I do not think any law enforcing authority would care to probe a theft in
>unlock house and same applies to cyber laws.

Tell you what - ask a lawyer (or at least ask at your local police station) 
- you  might just change your way of thinking.

         --suresh

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  [ <> ]  mallet <@> efn.org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Sysadmin


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