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- From: honey@citi.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: Fun things to do to RTM (was: Internet worm)
- Date: 13 Dec 1992 13:51:43 GMT
- Organization: Center for Information Technology Integration, Univ of Michigan
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- Bill Dixon writes:
- |> Isn't one of the justifications for punishment for _any_ crime that of
- |> providing a deterrent for other would-be criminals?
- |> ...
- |> However, if a hacker knew that s/he might lose his/her ability
- |> to work on a computer, at least professionally, and not communicate via
- |> modem, s/he _should_ be a little more inclined to consider the cost before
- |> testing to see if s/he can propagate a worm or virus, whether it is benign
- |> or not.
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- more of a deterrent than jail time? i doubt it. and, as mike points out,
- this would require a thorough recasting of the law, for a narrow goal. it
- doesn't seem worth it.
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- peter
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