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Article #652Re: Need reference for court case
From: Jim Duncan
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 23:42
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 23:42
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In article <1992Oct5.024348.23203@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> rjs@crs.cl.msu.edu
(Robert J. Stanton) writes:
> I heard or read of a case a while back where the hacker
> who was being proseuted was exonerated because the system
> that he broke into printed a "welcome" greeting.
>
> Can anybody point me to some info about this, preferably
> something in print?
I asked about this at the USENIX Unix Computer Security Symposium in
Baltimore a few weeks ago and Gene Spafford told me that this appears to be
an urban legend. I don't have the details, but I believe he cited a search
of LEXIS by some researchers looking for just the case you mention and
nothing was found.
That's not to say that someone didn't start to bring the case and then
dropped it before it got to trial.
Sorry I don't have some details for you.
Jim
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Jim Duncan <jim@math.psu.edu> Penn State Math Dept Systems Administrator
"[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy."
Joseph Campbell
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news From: jim@math.psu.edu (Jim Duncan) Subject: Re: Need reference for court case In-Reply-To: rjs@crs.cl.msu.edu's message of 5 Oct 92 02:43:48 GMT Message-ID: <Bvo9vF.JuL@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: augusta.math.psu.edu Organization: Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University References: <1992Oct5.024348.23203@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:42:48 GMT Lines: 26