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Story: Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Posted by: richard (Thursday 6 October 2005, 5:04 PM)
Wow. Getting responses from ports on a network computer is like looking in the windows of a store. The computer should not be running anything on those ports if they do not want connections.
1) Network is path to your computer, like a road
2) Ports are like windows and doors. In setting up the computer the ports are part of the architecture that connects your computer to the road. It is the computer owners responsibility to decide which ports to provide and to make sure they are secured.
3) connecting to a common service port (anything in a standard) is a usual thing to do in establishing identity and connection with a computer
4) trying to open a common port is not a crime attempting to break a lock on a common port is.
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Story: Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
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Wow. Getting responses from ports on a network com... richard -
if there is a building and the front door is... spacelab10000 -
No, it's like walking around trying everyone'... Anonymous
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"The only reason he did this is because he thought... Anonymous
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The first person talks about connecting on co... Evil Wizard
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As a programmer (not just another web surfer) I wo... Anonymous
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I'm sorry if we offended the programmer -- wh... Matt Loney
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He claims he was scared that the site was a phishi... Anonymous
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If you'd like to tell the judge what you think of... Anonymous
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Go to any security professional and they shou... Anonymous
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Read the UK law, did he attempt to penet... Anonymous -
I understand that what he did broke... Anonymous
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Going totally against the flow... John Airey
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Ok first off the analogy that... Evil Wizard
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Evil Wizard, what you say is t... John Airey
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John I dont believe in this ca... Evil Wizard
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Evil Wizard, if you can't beli... John Airey
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There is an obvious breach of the Computer Misuse... Alex Pinheiro
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Well if this is now a crime, then come get me righ... Anonymous
