RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> *shrugs* I have no moral issues with breaking laws. I only 
> avoid doing so
> because it simplifies things. If things must be complex 
> anyway then may as
> well rip off a few mil and find a nice safe haven to spend 
> it. If you must
> suffer the hassle you may as well get paid for it.

So long as you can accept the consequences if you get caught, and as long as
you realize that those millions of dollars came from somewhere, and you can
bet that people will suffer for the loss of that money.

> Unless the machine is running life support systems or 
> important controls
> (such as traffic lights) I doubt scanning a system will ever 
> risk as much
> harm as speeding risks.

What if it's a payroll computer?  What if it's one of the J-School systems
that helps them put out their paper?  What if it's any number of other
systems that people rely on to do their jobs?  Just because somebody doesn't
die doesn't mean somebody doesn't suffer.

> Anyone that hooks vital systems like 
> those up to
> the net without proper security is a total fool anyway.

That may be the case, but that doesn't give you the right to go and kick it
over.

> Maybe I'll try
> running a car into a gas tanker next to a busload of nuns and see what
> happens. Bad jokes and puns seem endless. :)

<grin>

"Nun's Flambe?"

--J
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