Re: Cuervo, I disagree: ShareSniffer Released

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From: John Navas
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 02:02

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In <MPG.15035143dcc3599896fb@news.earthlink.net>, Rebeccah Prastein
<rhp@fgi.net> wrote:

>In article <uihm6.4071$S25.61539@typhoon.sonic.net>, 
>spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us says...
>
>> >There have been good points made that there are forms of
>> >port scanning that are likely signs of attempts to break in.  Well,
>> >again...a locked door is a great defense, and, teaching folks how to
>> >turn the key is the best tool.
>> 
>> Many (most?) home locks are laughably easy to defeat.  The same is true
>> of computer locks; e.g., email trojans may zip right through firewalls.
>
>True, but evidence that even the easiest lock has been defeated would 
>seem to be the evidence of "intent" necessary to prosecute, whereas a 
>video of someone trying the door may not be.

I'd guess that, in my neck of the woods at least, a video of someone
trying to open all the doors in the neighborhood would be considered
"evidence of 'intent' necessary to prosecute."  I'd even hazard a guess
that it would be in your neck of the woods as well.  ;-)

-- 
Best regards,
John Navas     <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>
     CABLE MODEM/DSL GUIDE:  <http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/>

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From: John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us>
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Subject: Re: Cuervo, I disagree: ShareSniffer Released
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