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Article #4036Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
From: arr... anthony.r.rizzo
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 19:41
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 19:41
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In article <1990Aug25.0...@funet.fi> e...@kaarne.tut.fi (Lehtim{ki Erkki) writes:
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>One day, when I was going to connect to node xxx.yyy.a.b, I
>mistakenly connected to yyy.xxx.a.b
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>Well, I get message Sun-Os ....... and the login-prompt, which I was expecting.
>But before I typed my user name, I noticed that the organization was wrong,
>so I typed ^D instead.
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>Now, have I committed a crime or not?
>Erkki Lehtim{ki e...@kaarne.tut.fi "I don't eat nutrasweet or use a disclaimer"
No you have not committed a crime, for the following reasons:
1) You did not access the machine.
2) You did not try to access the machine.
3) Connecting to the wrong node was a genuine mistake,
which you corrected by typing ^D.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!hoptoad!amdcad!decwrl!wuarchive!usc!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!dptg!pegasus!cbnewsk!cbnewsm!cbnewsd!cbnewsj!cbnewsh!cbnewsc!cbnews!cbnewsu!cbnewsl!arrizzo From: arr...@cbnewsl.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <1990Aug27.194144.10910@cbnewsl.att.com> Date: 27 Aug 90 19:41:44 GMT References: <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> <1990Aug25.095033.29589@funet.fi> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 Posted: Mon Aug 27 20:41:44 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit