On Wed, 08 May 2002 14:59:50 PDT, Jordan Frank <jfrankaat_private> said: > In addition to all this, I have a legal question. Probably the wrong forum, > because it seems that most legal questions posed on this list are answered > by people with no legal background who make educated guesses, but here goes. > It is my understanding that, at least in Canada and the United States, there > are laws addressing the issue of monitoring private conversations and making > the contents of such conversations public. Are any of these laws directly > applicable to the situation we're discussing. IANAL, but.. ;) At least in the US, 18 USC 2511(2)(d) says: > It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for a person not acting under > color of law to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication where such > person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the > communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such > communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or > tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or > of any State. In other words, since it was your server, you're one of the parties, and unless there are *other* reasons prohibiting it, you're free to disclose the information - although I'd read that "unless" clause *carefully*, and then think about if you want to publish a list where skript kiddies can get it... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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