This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mimeat_private for more info. --------------37D8F34C6F03AF5DE90538E9 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980817001153.4088kat_private> Forwarded From: darek milewski <darekmat_private> [Uneasy partnership] http://www.computerworld.com/home/features.nsf/CWFlashWeekly/980817id As they fight online child pornography, law enforcement agencies get help from an unlikely source: hackers By Deborah Radcliff In Depth, Aug. 17, 1998 In February, the information systems department at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, Calif., learned that child pornography was being stored on a server somewhere on campus. The tip-off message to IS included the exact IP address. In Sonoma State's system, each IP address is associated with a specific port. This one was a direct Internet connection in a dormitory. The IS staff captured images flowing into and out of the port before university police made the arrest. "It only took us a couple of hours to catch the guy," says Sam Scolise, Sonoma State's information technology director. "But it was a very depressing day for our staff because of the horrible things they saw." Sonoma State received its initial tip from what some might consider an unlikely source: a Swedish hacking group. [snip... please see URL for rest of story] --------------37D8F34C6F03AF5DE90538E9-- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: New Dimensions International [www.newdimensions.net]
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