From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 7 01:28:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14BA16A4D4 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 01:28:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp14.wxs.nl (smtp14.wxs.nl [195.121.6.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DECA43DA1 for ; Sat, 7 May 2005 01:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from smtp.planet.nl (ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl [81.204.132.35]) by smtp14.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IG300HZKIQY2R@smtp14.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 03:28:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.planet.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j471S2K6005543 for ; Sat, 07 May 2005 03:28:02 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j471S2RX005542 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 03:28:02 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 03:28:02 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <1047713602.20050507030814@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050507012802.GI3564@Alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <20050506105433.GA84877@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <2410174336.20050506130648@wanadoo.fr> <73834c0c2b28ff7e6a7cb7542d1e453e@chrononomicon.com> <1345420086.20050506204229@wanadoo.fr> <20050507010013.GF3564@Alex.lan> <1047713602.20050507030814@wanadoo.fr> X-Authentication-warning: Alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 01:28:11 -0000 On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 03:08:14AM +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Alex de Kruijff writes: > > > In my country forcing you way in to a computer system is a criminal act. > > It can be compared to breaking in to a house. > > It is in most countries. However, persons prosecuted for such crimes > have mounted successful defenses based on the fact that they were never > explicitly told that the systems they penetrated were legally accessible > only to authorized users. Thus, careful sysadmins today explicitly > display a message at login telling the user that only authorized users > are permitted to access the system. Many operating systems even make > special provisions for this. Where these persons prosecuted lately? Because in the early days lot of computer laws didn't exist. This made it easier to have a defence agains such lawsuites. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/