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From: arrizzo@cbnewsl.att.com (anthony.r.rizzo)
Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
Message-ID: <1990Aug27.194144.10910@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 27 Aug 90 19:41:44 GMT
References: <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> <1990Aug25.095033.29589@funet.fi>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1990Aug25.095033.29589@funet.fi> eal@kaarne.tut.fi (Lehtim{ki Erkki) writes:
>
>One day, when I was going to connect to node xxx.yyy.a.b, I
>mistakenly connected to yyy.xxx.a.b
>
>Well, I get message Sun-Os ....... and the login-prompt, which I was expecting.
>But before I typed my user name, I noticed that the organization was wrong,
>so I typed ^D instead.
>
>Now, have I committed a crime or not?
>Erkki Lehtim{ki eal@kaarne.tut.fi "I don't eat nutrasweet or use a disclaimer"

No you have not committed a crime, for the following reasons:

1)  You did not access the machine.
2)  You did not try to access the machine.
3)  Connecting to the wrong node was a genuine mistake,
    which you corrected by typing ^D.


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