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UK Parliament to ban DoS Attacks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-luck-enforcing-it dept.

Ian Hill writes "It seems that the UK government is not as technologically withdrawn as you may think. This bill is an amendment to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 which bans Denial of Service attacks by name. It states that a person is guilty of an offence if they cause, or intend to cause, 'degradation, failure or other impairment of function of a computerised system.'"

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  1. they still use DOS in England? by mr_gerbik · · Score: 0, Troll

    I knew they were behind the times but man... I bet they still program in QBASIC too.

  2. Re:English law by z_gringo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Has anything technologically(sp?) come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.

    Should read: Has anything technologically(sp?) signifcant come out of the UK since WWII? Perhaps so, but its difficult to recall.

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  3. Re:fuck you all by Dalcius · · Score: 0, Troll

    Posting meaningless drivel complaining about MS bashing doesn't make you any better.

    Note, I'm not complaining (I don't care =P), I'm raising an issue that Scott here might kindly take a look at amidst his critisizm of others.

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