On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 10:57, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 03:49pm on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (UK time), Jay Daniels scrawled: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 08:05:09AM -0400, jludwig wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I think they take everything you own and it's up to you to prove your > > innocence. Even if you are innocent, how do you get compensated for > > such actions. This could go on for months or years and you may never > > get your property or your life back. > > I suspect in this heavy handed law enforcement scenario, having a > properly configure firewall is not going to be much use. I still would > like to see some evidence of people being prosecuted because they have > allowed their computer to be hacked. > > Steve There are sites that deal with computer forensics. The issue here is that your computer or hard drive becomes "evidence". They upon inspection of your system would/could quickly determine that your system was a "zombie". But a knife, car, etc., used in a crime becomes evidence and might never be returned. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
