1995-09-19 - Re: “Hackers”– brief review and anecdote…

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From: “Rev. Mark Grant” <mark@unicorn.com>
To: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-19 17:14:30 UTC
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From: "Rev. Mark Grant" <mark@unicorn.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 10:14:30 PDT
To: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Subject: Re: "Hackers"-- brief review and anecdote...
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On Sun, 17 Sep 1995, Brian Davis wrote:

> Phill obviously presents one point of view, vigorously and well.  What do 
> the rest of you think about a teen who, say, busts into a .edu site, 
> plays with the files, and ultimately brings the system down entirely for 
> 36 hours?  Fun and games?  Send him to his room, sans modem? Prosecute 
> him?  Have a TLA hire him???

If it wasn't for ITAR the Net would already have secure encryption and
authentication, and most such hacker attacks would be impossible (or at 
least impractical).

		Mark







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