Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Questions caused by Rose's recent arrest Message-ID: Date: 30 Oct 90 14:53:41 GMT References: <1990Oct28.000810.12135@lavaca.uh.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu's message of Sun, 28 Oct 90 00:08:10 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.psu.edu In article <1990Oct28.000810.12135@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: Eric> 2. What about using a friend's account with their permission? Obviously Eric> this is not my "property" -- I'm using someone else's allocation of Eric> cycles -- but I do have their permission. Is it still gaining access Eric> to data or information that I don't own? (If someone lets me use Eric> an account on a system that requires a governmental clearance, I Eric> think there could be some problems.) I know that under Pennsylvania law (at least according to Penn State's legal counsel) this would be considered an illegal act. The law prohibts the 'publication' of passwords. Also, it is not clear that your friend has been granted the authority, by the owner of the computer system, to allow you to use their account. -- Dan Ehrlich - Sr. Systems Programmer - Penn State Computer Science /Voice: +1 814 863 1142/FAX: +1 814 865 3176