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Some DNS Requests Ruled Illegal in North Dakota

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-paddling dept.

jgreco writes "A judge in North Dakota has just ruled that requesting a zone transfer from a public DNS server is criminal activity within the meaning of the North Dakota Computer Crimes Law. A zone transfer is a simple request that a DNS server hand over information in bulk, and a DNS server may be configured to allow or deny such requests. That the owner of a DNS server would configure the server to allow such requests, and then claim such requests were unauthorized, is simply stunning."

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  1. Best. Ruling. EVER! by InfinityWpi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why the hell aren't we celebrating this, people? Okay, for DNS, it sucks... but look at it this way...

    It doesn't matter if you set up your system to 'automaticly' share the files you just downloaded... people who accessed them did so without authorization. It can't be considered 'sharing' if you didn't authorize people to download them from you... could this ruling be a tool agaisnt the MAFIAA?