Xref: utzoo alt.security:1449 alt.folklore.computers:4924 comp.society.futures:2065 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!samsung!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!bbx!bbxsda!scott From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <1006@bbxsda.UUCP> Date: 27 Aug 90 17:09:13 GMT References: <1990Aug20.180703.3667@eng.umd.edu> <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) Organization: Basis International, Albuquerque, NM Lines: 23 In article <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) writes: >He didn't just call a number. He called a number he knew had a modem on ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the other end and connected with his modem. It was a number he had no ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >legitimate reason to call. His saying there was no damage doesn't mean >there wasn't any. If nothing else, he tied up that number and caused a >temporary denial of service to the legitimate users. Did he call the number he intended to call or was it a wrong number? Can someone prove he intended to call that number and for malicious purposes? Perhaps a friend gave him the phone number and told him it was a public BBS of some sort. In any case it is impossible to prove his intent and the prosecution has the burden of proof. I would suspect there is more to this than what we're being told. -- Scott Amspoker Basis International, Albuquerque, NM (505) 345-5232 unmvax.cs.unm.edu!bbx!bbxsda!scott