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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd
Summary: Yes, he definitely meant to assist in a break-in.
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.192809.24639@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 19:28:09 GMT
References: <31124@hydra.gatech.EDU> <64655@bbn.BBN.COM>
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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In article <64655@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:
>ccastmg@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael G. Goldsman) writes:
>
>Third, the allegation is that the student KNEW that the information was
>sensitive and _knowingly_ gave it to the hacker for the purpose of
>attempting to crack passwords.  Now, the student might not have known
>that this was actually as serious a matter as being a felony under
>Georgia law, but still can hardly be defended as a harmless/blameless
>action.
>
   Not merely an allegation; the student admitted it.
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