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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
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Date: 31 Aug 90 02:52:16 GMT
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In article <YDK5+.@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>How about this scenario... you're told that there's a great MUD at
>[ww.xx.yy.zz], but when you telnet it it's obviously some bozo IBM
>mainframe. Is that a felony?

That depends on what happens AFTER you find out it's some bozo IBM
mainframe.  If you log out immediately, it would be hard to demonstrate
any intent to misuse or steal.  But if you sat there are spent an hour
or two trying to crack the system or otherwise mess with it, the owner
would have a beef.

And if the IBM system in question was the 19th of 42 such systems you
"just happened" to access in that night's session... then you might
expect a knock on the door.  Shades of Cuckoo's Egg...