[wplug] Govt. authority over crack attempts?

[Matthew Danish]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:28:12AM -0400, Russ Schneider wrote:
> Does anyone else think there should be some sort of government
> authority when it comes to illegal crack attempts of networks?  (If
> their is one, what is it?)

Just what we need--another gov't authority subject to corruption and
false leads.

> What I envision is a central database where sys admins can post the
> IP, date, and script attempted of any attempt to illegally access a
> network.  This data can then be used by law-enforcement to issue
> warnings and then fines for inaction to the originating network
> owners.

What I envision is a central database with a lot of useless or wrong
information in it, but a great deal of power to cause trouble to
innocent users.

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