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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Ian Hill writes "It seems that the UK government is not as technologically withdrawn as you may think.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. Yeah by SpanishInquisition · · Score: -1, Troll

    and these people don't brush and still drive to the left, and they have a queen too, so they can make all the crazy laws they want, I won't be suprised.

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  3. Does the 'Slashdot Effect' count as a DDoS attack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    CmdrTaco should be thrown in the Tower of London and anally assaulted by Elton John and Gary Glitter.

  4. English law by z_gringo · · Score: -1, Troll

    While it is great to see this, I dont really think it changes anything as to whether or not the UK government is "technologically withdrawn". The UK government is, and always has been fairly primitive in matters such as this, and this is apparent in everything from their rail system to BT to the laws governing broadcast television. I suspect they are just jumping on the bandwagon here without having any understanding of what it really means.

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

    However, I do have to say that the transformation in the culinary likes of the brits over the recent years is very impressive. The food there is actually quite spicy these days, with hot curry overtaking fish and chips as the national dish and all.. So that in itself is evidence that anything can change. Even in the UK.

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    1. 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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  5. 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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