There's no point in pulling a 'white hat' anymore since it seems there's no distinction - the embarassment of having been 'h4x0r3d' drives most to pursue legal routes.
Really annoying. Surely this guys actions should be rewarded if you consider the probs that someone with malicious intent could have caused.
Bah - you 'mericans are all nutts (not that us poor Scotsmen are gonna fair much better by the time the UK parliament and Europe have finished legislating the backside off us).
Bah!!!
"It's just a shame that the only people who really know how to run a business and country are too busy driving taxis and flipping burgers." --Unknow origins
Given the fact that we can safely say the BSA has no legal authority to come in and rake through your machines then I would suggest the following course of action:
1) Show up at their head-quarters and demand they produce licenses for EVERY BIT of their software and that you be allowed to install your OWN auditing software on their machines. When they refuse send them a letter explaining that you take this to imply they have incorrectly licensed software and threaten legal action.
2) If this doesn't work and they still insist then threaten them with a suit for attempting to violate your constitutional rights.
3) If all that goes to hell then you can alway sue the software companies who supplied the software - I assume your books will show receipts for the purchases so demand NEW license documentation from the software companies and if they refuse threaten them with a suit. If you can prove purchase then surely the license belongs to you and should be replaced if 'misplaced'.
4) Threaten the vendor stating that if they seek to enforce it then they should have came out and done a complementary check on your licenses on purchase to ensure initial compliance, else why should you accept responsibility.
Okay some of it is a bit weak - but you gotta love being millitant.
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Perhaps you can use Ark/Arusha to configure all the machines and provide network based reconfiguration if it all goes tits-up.
Ark is supposed to be cross platform - but it's a while since I've heard anything.
Check it out
http://ark.sourceforge.net/
Too much FUD - too, too much FUD.
There's no point in pulling a 'white hat' anymore since it seems there's no distinction - the embarassment of having been 'h4x0r3d' drives most to pursue legal routes.
Really annoying. Surely this guys actions should be rewarded if you consider the probs that someone with malicious intent could have caused.
Bah - you 'mericans are all nutts (not that us poor Scotsmen are gonna fair much better by the time the UK parliament and Europe have finished legislating the backside off us).
Bah!!!
"It's just a shame that the only people who really know how to run a business and country are too busy driving taxis and flipping burgers."
--Unknow origins
The XBox chip has been out for over a month in Scotland - not even in Beta. Full working lovely 32 wire beast.
Not like you 'merican's to be lagging behind.
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Given the fact that we can safely say the BSA has no legal authority to come in and rake through your machines then I would suggest the following course of action:
1) Show up at their head-quarters and demand they produce licenses for EVERY BIT of their software and that you be allowed to install your OWN auditing software on their machines. When they refuse send them a letter explaining that you take this to imply they have incorrectly licensed software and threaten legal action.
2) If this doesn't work and they still insist then threaten them with a suit for attempting to violate your constitutional rights.
3) If all that goes to hell then you can alway sue the software companies who supplied the software - I assume your books will show receipts for the purchases so demand NEW license documentation from the software companies and if they refuse threaten them with a suit. If you can prove purchase then surely the license belongs to you and should be replaced if 'misplaced'.
4) Threaten the vendor stating that if they seek to enforce it then they should have came out and done a complementary check on your licenses on purchase to ensure initial compliance, else why should you accept responsibility.
Okay some of it is a bit weak - but you gotta love being millitant.
Okay if this is true and if he's really that clever then why can't we have a time machine by yesterday then?