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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Implications of recent virus (Trojan Horse) attack
Keywords: security ethics culture
Message-ID: <17850@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 88 05:00:13 GMT
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      The legal issues will be interesting.  It's not at all clear that
Morris ever "accessed" a Government computer.  He may have induced computers
owned by others to do so, but the legal implications of such an act are
not clear.  The case, assuming it ever comes to trial, will break
significant new legal ground.  

					John Nagle