1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
(a) Whoever--
(1) having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access [...]
Determining whether or not you have authorization it the key. Does an open access point grant everyone authorization? How would you know that an open access point does NOT grant everyone authorization?
I heard a rumor about someone who was arrested for accessing an open wireless access point. The prosecution dropped the whole thing because the last question couldn't be answered. i.e. - There wasn't any warning banner saying unauthorized acccess was prohibited. I consider it a rumor since I couldn't verify the story. However, the individual that was recently arrested could try to use the same arguement.
I'm not aware of any case law on the subject. A lawyer would have to be asked if the arguement holds any weight.
Adding your own hardware to a network to hijack network connections is not new. BlackHat Briefings has a good presentation on fun things you can do with routers. Some of the more interesting techniques require that you have physical access so that you can add your own router to the network. Your router can then be used to hijack HSRP and other things. I almost came to the conclusion that a wireless AP is easier to hide, but it still needs to plug in to a network somewhere.
The technique used in the article talks about jamming the legitimate AP to hijack the client connections. The real trick would be to figure out a way to forward the hijacked connections back to the real AP.
Perhaps you should read WEP: Dead Again, Part 1. It compares various WEP cracking tools to see how fast they can crack WEP keys with varying amounts of packets. While the popular AirSnort usually needs over 10 million encrypted packets to crack a WEP key, aircrack usually needs around 500,000. That's the difference between being able to gather enough packets in a day versus a week or more.
Same here in the Army. But you are expecting a LOT if you think that the military will change the web browser overnight.
First a committee/team has to be put together to verify the recommendation not to use IE. Then an alternative will have to be selected. This means another committee/team will have to determine what the alternatives are. Once the alternative web browsers are identified, they will have to be tested to make sure that they are secure and compatible they are. This testing can very depending on how indepth they go and how soon they realize that a large number of military web sites are IE only!! Once a replacement browser is selected, a Plan of Action has to be determined to figure out how the new web browser will be installed and how the completed installation is reported back up the chain of command. Once all of this has been completed, it will then be briefed to the head shed at the Pentagon who will then make some modifications before giving an order that all computers have a new web browser installed.
This doesn't take into account any turf battles that may come up during this process, fixing all of the IE only military web sites, complaints and stubborn refusal from users (IE will have to be completely removed otherwise people will still use it), all of the modifications to the Plan of Action as it goes down the chain of command, the several weeks it will take for each DOIM and unit to figure out how they are going to implement the Plan of Action, DoD civilians.....
It should take the military a few months to install a new web browser.....
Lewis Mettler from http://lamlaw.com/ does a great job picking apart the interview with Mark Heise.
What really stands out is that SCO has no legal reason to sue Linux users. The only reason SCO could sue is if Linux users were breaking the law. Not only are Linux users NOT breaking the law (the Napster arguement applies to a different set of circumstances), SCO are not making any claims that Linux users are breaking any laws. SCO is simply claiming that that Linux users MAY be infringing on their Intellectual Property and they should pay up now to avoid being sued later (aka - extortion).
Another thing that stands out is that even if SCO wins it's suit with IBM, SCO cannot go after IBM's customers or any other Linuux user. That would be getting awarded damages for the same thing twice.
Another thing that has been mentioned before, SCO's lawsuit with IBM is over a contract. It has nothing to do with copyrights. Yet SCO is claiming the Linux users may be infringing on their IP (copyrights). SCO has yet to provide any evidence that their IP is being infringed upon or even prove they they have sole ownership of what's being infringed upon (which they refuse to show anyone). Even if SCO turns out to be right (highly doubtful), SCO will lose anyways because they have refused to mitigate the damages that they are claiming to be surffering from.
As mentioned on GROKLAW, SCO seems to have forgotten that Caldera released the old UNIX source code under a BSD-style license. The source code that was released is still available. When SCO finds out that their "intellectual property" is freely available on the internet, I don't think they are going to be too happy. We all need to start making copies of the old UNIX source code before SCO tries to do something about it.
The latest breed of scammers are just plain stupid. They don't know enough to delete any.mil email addresses from their spam lists. The number of 419 scams being sent to.mil email addresses goes up everyday. The military is well known for responding with excessive force to ensure problems are taken care of. Some young punk sitting in an Internet Cafe in Nigeria is going to be in for a surprise when a smart bomb crashes through the front door.
Dear Friend,
I am the son of John Q. Lawyer, a highly respcetable businessman from the country of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I got your contact info over the internet during my search to assist those who have fallen prey to unfortunate circumstances. It is my understanding that you have just recently lost funds equal to ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS($1 million).
I can help you recover all of your lost funds. This business transaction is 100% risk free. The only thing I ask is 10% of the total amount to cover any processing fees and legal expenses. All I need from you is as follows: 1. Your confirmation of your ability to handle this. 2. Your word that you can keep this business as confidential as possible as all times until we conclude this business. 3. Your telephone and fax numbers for communication. 4. Your full permanent addess. 5. Your bank account number to deposit your recovered funds.
As soon as I get the above information, I will disclose to you the names of the parties involved and when you can expect for your money to be recovered. I am waiting for your response to enable us to proceed.
Nzanga JOSEPH (DESIRE) MOBUTU
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I heard about a dumb soldier who blew off his head with a potato gun. He was trying to shot full Coke cans through it, but ran into problems when it got stuck. He took the potato gun back to his room to figure out what went wrong. He has his head in front of the wrong end when I finally went off. His unit found him in his room, minus his head, Monday morning after he missed formation.
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I've kept out of it so far, but jeez Taco, don't you think you should try to REDUCE the trolling in your forums?
This IS his forum. I don't remember reading anything that says he HAS to be fair and impartial. Yes he claims this is a "News for Nerds" site. But this isn't a REAL(tm) news site. He's not a reporter so he doesn't have to live up to any moral or ethical standard. You don't have to come here if you don't like it.
Hey/., when are you going to come up with a seperate icon for Slackware? You are currently using the one for Linux, but you have seperate icons for every other distribution. I could see if this was some brand new or unheard of distro, but Slackware has been around since the beginning. What's up with that?
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I heard a rumor about someone who was arrested for accessing an open wireless access point. The prosecution dropped the whole thing because the last question couldn't be answered. i.e. - There wasn't any warning banner saying unauthorized acccess was prohibited. I consider it a rumor since I couldn't verify the story. However, the individual that was recently arrested could try to use the same arguement.
I'm not aware of any case law on the subject. A lawyer would have to be asked if the arguement holds any weight.
The site has pictures of ships and large waves.
The technique used in the article talks about jamming the legitimate AP to hijack the client connections. The real trick would be to figure out a way to forward the hijacked connections back to the real AP.
Perhaps you should read WEP: Dead Again, Part 1. It compares various WEP cracking tools to see how fast they can crack WEP keys with varying amounts of packets. While the popular AirSnort usually needs over 10 million encrypted packets to crack a WEP key, aircrack usually needs around 500,000. That's the difference between being able to gather enough packets in a day versus a week or more.
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Same here in the Army. But you are expecting a LOT if you think that the military will change the web browser overnight.
First a committee/team has to be put together to verify the recommendation not to use IE. Then an alternative will have to be selected. This means another committee/team will have to determine what the alternatives are. Once the alternative web browsers are identified, they will have to be tested to make sure that they are secure and compatible they are. This testing can very depending on how indepth they go and how soon they realize that a large number of military web sites are IE only!! Once a replacement browser is selected, a Plan of Action has to be determined to figure out how the new web browser will be installed and how the completed installation is reported back up the chain of command. Once all of this has been completed, it will then be briefed to the head shed at the Pentagon who will then make some modifications before giving an order that all computers have a new web browser installed.
This doesn't take into account any turf battles that may come up during this process, fixing all of the IE only military web sites, complaints and stubborn refusal from users (IE will have to be completely removed otherwise people will still use it), all of the modifications to the Plan of Action as it goes down the chain of command, the several weeks it will take for each DOIM and unit to figure out how they are going to implement the Plan of Action, DoD civilians.....
It should take the military a few months to install a new web browser.....
Great...., so not only will they repair your laptop, they'll drop kick it a few times before giving it back.
What really stands out is that SCO has no legal reason to sue Linux users. The only reason SCO could sue is if Linux users were breaking the law. Not only are Linux users NOT breaking the law (the Napster arguement applies to a different set of circumstances), SCO are not making any claims that Linux users are breaking any laws. SCO is simply claiming that that Linux users MAY be infringing on their Intellectual Property and they should pay up now to avoid being sued later (aka - extortion).
Another thing that stands out is that even if SCO wins it's suit with IBM, SCO cannot go after IBM's customers or any other Linuux user. That would be getting awarded damages for the same thing twice.
Another thing that has been mentioned before, SCO's lawsuit with IBM is over a contract. It has nothing to do with copyrights. Yet SCO is claiming the Linux users may be infringing on their IP (copyrights). SCO has yet to provide any evidence that their IP is being infringed upon or even prove they they have sole ownership of what's being infringed upon (which they refuse to show anyone). Even if SCO turns out to be right (highly doubtful), SCO will lose anyways because they have refused to mitigate the damages that they are claiming to be surffering from.
There have been several attempts. The big problem people are running into is how do you sue someone over a product that worked as intended.
The latest breed of scammers are just plain stupid. They don't know enough to delete any .mil email addresses from their spam lists. The number of 419 scams being sent to .mil email addresses goes up everyday. The military is well known for responding with excessive force to ensure problems are taken care of. Some young punk sitting in an Internet Cafe in Nigeria is going to be in for a surprise when a smart bomb crashes through the front door.
Dear Friend,
I am the son of John Q. Lawyer, a highly respcetable businessman from the country of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I got your contact info over the internet during my search to assist those who have fallen prey to unfortunate circumstances. It is my understanding that you have just recently lost funds equal to ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS($1 million).
I can help you recover all of your lost funds. This business transaction is 100% risk free. The only thing I ask is 10% of the total amount to cover any processing fees and legal expenses. All I need from you is as follows: 1. Your confirmation of your ability to handle this. 2. Your word that you can keep this business as confidential as possible as all times until we conclude this business. 3. Your telephone and fax numbers for communication. 4. Your full permanent addess. 5. Your bank account number to deposit your recovered funds.
As soon as I get the above information, I will disclose to you the names of the parties involved and when you can expect for your money to be recovered. I am waiting for your response to enable us to proceed.
Nzanga JOSEPH (DESIRE) MOBUTU
I heard about a dumb soldier who blew off his head with a potato gun. He was trying to shot full Coke cans through it, but ran into problems when it got stuck. He took the potato gun back to his room to figure out what went wrong. He has his head in front of the wrong end when I finally went off. His unit found him in his room, minus his head, Monday morning after he missed formation.
This IS his forum. I don't remember reading anything that says he HAS to be fair and impartial. Yes he claims this is a "News for Nerds" site. But this isn't a REAL(tm) news site. He's not a reporter so he doesn't have to live up to any moral or ethical standard. You don't have to come here if you don't like it.
Hey /., when are you going to come up with a seperate icon for Slackware? You are currently using the one for Linux, but you have seperate icons for every other distribution. I could see if this was some brand new or unheard of distro, but Slackware has been around since the beginning. What's up with that?
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