-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- read the last line. the usual rules of evidence which give the feds the right to anything they well please --constitutional or not! if seizure of a victims property can by obtained a search and sieze warrant for the victimized "object," a whole new mode of regulation has begun. all the government will do to suppress sites as they please, is to initiate a few attacks themselves --and they will. I got tired of paying Lexus $150 for idle months after dumping West for almost $500/month --otherwise I would run down the Feds kangaroo ruling which seems to grant them this absurd right. Several on the list are still maintaining accounts... ? ====== begin forwarded text ====== Computer Attacks Show New Patterns The major trends in computer break-ins involve denial of service and data-driven attacks, says a Department of Justice lawyer. Denial of service occurs when an attacker "bombs" an Internet service provider with so many e-mail messages that the server becomes overloaded and shuts down. Data-driven attacks occur when a virus program is disguised as a data-only file. The file can be hidden in a Java program on a Web page, and when a visitor clicks on the site, he or she unwittingly downloads the virus. A computer crime consultant with SAIC warns that these attacks can be launched on an innocent party's Web server, but once that happens, the server can become the subject of a wiretap and a search warrant. "The title of your computer vests with the government as soon as a hacker uses it to commit a crime," he says. [BNA Daily Report for Executives 25 Nov 96 A20] ====== end forwarded text ====== - -- "In nature, stupidity gets you killed. In the workplace, it gets you promoted. In politics, it gets you re-elected." --attila -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: Encrypted with 2.6.3i. Requires 2.6 or later. iQCVAwUBMp83lr04kQrCC2kFAQFYuAP/bLbraU6rFFLQZpFfsvxiGrbm7W26p3t9 GffgoN/LA6OBqIEUpAdPxGoVqco7RDpHHprhObEV4MorR3BsK6pl5EVNbc3Xp7OC pxFThx0O08bscdmVBSYAUsU2hXMuW2AiuAkxBwCRdaG0bxswr97JQI9ye+pjKTPw cARrd7QLmz4= =vUe3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----