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In article <9209917.8951@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> mikec@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Michael CIAVARELLA) writes:
>	1)	What are the legal implications (if any)
>		of the XX admin's actions?

Not sure -- I'm not a lawyer, just a poor ol' student.  I would say, though,
that it seems like the XX Admin (hereinafter known as the ASS) seemed to
have trespassed, and broken into YY's machine.  

>	2)	If A logs in to YY from XX and uses his
>		program, does this give the XX admin the
>		right to act as he did?

IMHO, there is *nothing* that would give the ASS the right to act as he
did.  He has no authority to act on YY's machine.  Period. 

>	3)	What would you do in the XX admin's place?

I would mail YYAdmin and ask him to deal with it.  

>	4)	What would you do in A's place?

Raise a serious, serious stink.  See if XX can be fired, or censured, or
something.  Make his life hell (legally, of course).  It also depends on
what kind of program it is. . . If it's *illegal*, then I may be quiet, but
I think few programs are illegal to own, just to run. . .

BTW, on our system, it is illegal to *run* password crackers, but not
illegal to own them. . .

>	5)	What would you do in the YY admin's place?

I would do as I would have done if I thought anyone else from XX was
cracking on my machine.  I wouldn't mail XX's sysadmin, because he's the
culprit, so I would go to whomever is above him. . .

XX's actions are, IMHO, no different than the actions of any cracker I've
ever dealt with.  He had no right to access YY, and broke an account
somewhere else to get access to YY (and su'ing as root to A to get access to
YY as A is a crack, regardless of whom it's done by).

The ASShole should be burned at the stake, IMHO. . .

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