Hmm, if some idiot wrote my NTP IP into his hardware, I just stop to monitor my NTP and make sure that it have few hours of error in time. No one require me to CLAIM that I set up wrong time, BUT no one can require me to maintain correct time just because some idiots use my server.
The same in this case - instead of long claiming, complaining and so on they could just set up wrong time (and never claim that they did it - just _oo, we have a wrong time.. Thanks, but we do not maintain this NTP server and we cannot change anything on this server so we cannot correct it_ - and problem could be solved forever. And even could maintain different NTP translation fro their customers. Just again, no one can prohibit it, even in USA. Just _DO NOT CLAIM_ that it was intentionally. Here is a difference - _coffee is hot, someone's server is brokn, if 'Ivan||Paul||Lisa' have a CD he/she always can make a copy, fire can burn, dog can bite_ - everyone should know it; if he do not know, it's his personal problems, not someone's liability. Kids MUST learn such things when they are young. It is COMMON SENSE. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alexei Roudnev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "John Dupuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Open Letter to D-Link about their NTP vandalism > <law professor> I'd really suggest that readers confirm this claim (that > intentional sending of false data with a malicious purpose is perfectly > acceptable) with a local lawyer before trying it at home or at work.</law > professor> > > I also bet that the claim of widespread acceptability would fail badly if > we weigh countries by population. Or even connectivity. > > Not to mention the fact that your packets might stray across borders > sometimes. > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Alexei Roudnev wrote: > > > > > It's legal to have broken NTP server in ANY country, and it's legal in most > > (by number) countries to send counter-attack (except USA as usual, where > > lawyers want to get their money and so do not allow people to self-defence). > > > > -- > http://www.icannwatch.org Personal Blog: http://www.discourse.net > A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA > +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm > -->It's warm here.<--