Re: Need reference for court case

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From: Frank Stuart
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 01:53

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In article <Bvo9vF.JuL@cs.psu.edu> jim@math.psu.edu (Jim Duncan) writes:
>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.

I've heard some version of this story.  As I recall, it was a voice-mail
system.  Sorry, but I don't have details either.


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