In message <381CD85B.708867D7at_private>, Benjamin Smee writes: > "Steven M. Bellovin" wrote: > > > > In message <1310EC43D374D211A74100104B09669004E82008@DUNTX004>, "Plymale, C > hery > > l" writes: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anyone know of a court case where a hacker was exonerated in part > > > because of "Welcome" was displayed on a gateway system? > > > > I've looked very hard for that, and repeatedly asked folks who claim they k > now > > of such a case to send me a pointer. Thus far, I've found nothing. > > > > I repeat my plea -- if you know of such a case, please send me some sort of > > verifiable citation or pointer. > > > Hello, > > I cant send a verifieable link, however, I can say in my previous job as > a security consultant I used to give a number of presentations and as > part of those presentations I had material that talked about a couple of > cases in the USA that illustrated this precise point. I believe the > bottom line was not necessarily the wording of "welcome" but rather that > there was no statement clearly indicating to the attacker that what he > was doing was illegal. Apparently the attacker claimed ignorance of any > wrong doing and was let off in at least the two cases I used to cite. Lots of security consultants have said this -- but none have been able to point at a particular case. --Steve Bellovin
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