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Article #14Re: A question of law (was Re: A question of ethics)
From: Anthony Zeigler
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:09
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:09
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In article <bwa.703071833@munagin> bwa@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (barry w anderson) writes: >Guys this is fascinating BUT isn't the XX admin (point well taken Tim 8-) >impersonating user A on machine YY, and is this not a crime i.e. Computer >Trespass? If the YY admin had intended the XX admin to have powers such as the >deletion of user's binaries, then would he or she (ugly but grammatically >correct unlike "they" and less blatant than "she") not have created an account >on YY for the XX admin with at least some administrative priveleges? > >Anyway, the discussion was interesting... > >Barry I second this. I don't know much (like zippo :-) about computer law and have learned quite a nifty bit. I thank the debaters. (and barry's point is pretty good) Ziggy
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!rutgers!orstcs!orstcs!usenetusenet From: zeiglea@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Anthony Zeigler) Newsgroups: cs.general,aus.aarnet,comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: A question of law (was Re: A question of ethics) Keywords: ethics cracking law Message-ID: <1992Apr14.080957.449@CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 14 Apr 92 08:09:57 GMT References: <9210113.28797@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <9210312.7365@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <bwa.703071833@munagin> Sender: usenet@CS.ORST.EDU Distribution: aus Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu