[nycbug-talk] UK bans denial of service attacks

[Jonathan Vanasco]

On Nov 12, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Marc Spitzer wrote:

> that will stop the chriminals yup there is a law now.  It would also
> be interesting to see how they define a denial of service attack.  I
> remember when HP, I think, defined using nmap as a denial of service
> attack.

that's a good point.  uk computer law is notoriously vague and moronic.

i remember the case of the uk cs person who tried to donate to the  
red cross using lynx, and landed his ass in jail as a hacker.


// Jonathan Vanasco

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