Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd Message-ID: <1991Jun12.122421.15562@ms.uky.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 12:24:21 GMT References: <31124@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun11.221521.14402@athena.cs.uga.edu> Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 16 mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes: |>What if a student runs cops on /etc/passwd... would this |>be considered intent to break into a system and could he thus |>be suspended? |> |Yes. Obtaining other users' passwords without proper authorization |is forbidden. Even if you do it by using a standard software tool |rather than by breaking into their desks. Ah so COPS is now burglary tools. Interesting... Sean -- ** Sean Casey