Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry works !

["Kelly Ellis" <kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I read in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago, that the UK has ruled
that cyberterrorism is a crime that is prosecuted just as if you were any
other terrorist.

Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: Jens Kristian Søgaard <jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry works !


> Hi Christian,
>
> > How can it be proved that a person has intented to commit further
> offences?
>
> Well, it's used in courts - so...
>
> > Everyone who uses a portscan doesn't do this act in an attempt to hack
in
> to
> > the server.
>
> No, that's right.
>
> > I don't think it can be illigel to do a portscan. If so, it would also
be
> > illegal to carry a  gun. You can't jail someone just because "he maybee
> will
> > make a crime"
>
> Yes, you can actually. If it can be "proven" that he did something with
the
> intent of doing something illegal - it can be prosecuted.
>
> (think of the police findings the notes planning a bank robbery in your
> apartment -- can  you then say that it's just something you made "for
fun"?)
>
> Anyways, court cases has been ruled on the subject. The trouble is, that
> more or less each country has it's own set of regulations and precedences
on
> the subject.
>
> --
> Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
> jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/
>
>
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