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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
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Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd
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Date: 22 Jun 91 23:41:09 GMT
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Good point... a sysadmin cannot investigate "intent" every time an
alarm goes off.

The other thing about "intent" is that every cracker I've ever heard of
has convinced _himself_ that his intentions were above reproach.

Having good intentions is not enough; in a civilized society,
people actually obey the rules.

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Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs
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