On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:40, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 05:14am on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (UK time), Rodolfo J. Paiz scrawled: > > > and origin. This is, for example, how "Denial of Service" (DoS) attacks are > > performed... hack 1,000 innocent bystanders, then use their machines to > > attack your target while *never* showing your face directly. And, of > > course, the innocent bystanders get blacklisted, banned, and sometimes > > prosecuted. As if that weren't enough, some hackers use networks to spread > > Have you a cite for the prosecution of someone who was hacked into? > While I agree with you that protection is very important regardless of > the value of any data on the PC, and that unprotected PCs have often > been used for DoS attacks, I would have thought that claiming people > have been prosecuted is scaremongering. As ever, I could well be wrong > 'though. > > Cheers > > Steve In any case it's not worth some law enforcement officials showing up at your door and "borrowing" your hard drive(s) for several months. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
