The Art of Deception: Re: [KLUG Members] Hacking a Hacker Legal?

[Russell Dillenburg]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Peter Buxton wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 01:58:35AM -0600, Russell Dillenburg wrote:
> 
> > > Well, you can break people's stuff, or you can do low-level
> > > harassment: misnamed files, file-sharing hosts that start nice, then
> > > tank to a slow connection 10kB in.... That's perfectly legal.
> >
> > what if a burgler breaks into your house?  Is it legal for you to
> > shoot him?  Is that not trespassing?
> >
> > But wait.... If the hacker hacks you and then you hack the hacker
> > doesn't that mean you are trespassing on the hackers computer?
> 
> I don't think you quite got the "stuff, or you can" contrasting
> conjunction in that sentence.

I will just leave this at hackers are a nuisance and should be dealt with 
in a civil manner.  All we can do is safeguard ourselves against them.  

> 
> I think the law they passed made file-sharing harassment legal, not
> murder. Also, they can collect data on people's connections. It seems
> pretty low-level stuff.
> 
> 


Also, has anyone read Kevin Mitnicks book "The Art of Deception"?  I read 
a little of it, my friend bought it and I was skimming though.  The book 
goes over the human element to network security -- social engineering.  
>From the passages I've read it sounds like a very interesting book.

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