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Article #603Re: Possibly nefarious users
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 05:28
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 05:28
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adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) writes: >IMHO, unless a "guest" account user is notified somehow (eg. >/etc/motd) that "this account is _only_ for use by faculty in Uni. of >X", you don't have a case against anyone outside the U. using the same >account, since the scope of "legal use" was not made known to him/her. No. The law is exactly the opposite. Unless *you* know that the account is for general access, you do not have the right to use it. There are legitmate reasons for having a "guest" account (with no password) on a system. But just as with an unlocked door, *you* are not the person it was left unlocked for. -- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.uucp personal: CIS: [70465,203] 70465.203@compuserve.com business: CIS: [76376,1107] 76376.1107@compuserve.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!ogicse!pdxgate!qiclab!leonard From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Possibly nefarious users Message-ID: <1991Jun10.052806.4214@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Date: 10 Jun 91 05:28:06 GMT Article-I.D.: qiclab.1991Jun10.052806.4214 References: <2D.-_.N@cs.widener.edu> <1991Jun6.214915.18946@athena.mit.edu> <1991Jun7.164102.672@progress.com> <ADRIANHO.91Jun7190303@barkley.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: 70465.203@compuserve.com Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon. Lines: 18