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Leigh
- Jan 1, 1970
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Unauthorised access to a computer system is illegal in Britland.
Where ever that may be. Near to Sealand in the Thames Estuary I presume?
;-)
Leigh...
Unauthorised access to a computer system is illegal in Britland.
Unfortunately, you are not right.
Note that your IP address is published in every posting. Havinf to
press H on the keyboard does not make it secret.
What really makes me die, is the clown cross posted this to
alt.engineering.electrical!
I wonder how his newfound fan club within that group will view his
intelligence after reading this thread
That may be so, but it is not an invitation under UK
law for unauthorised access to be made to it.
The CBer identifies himself every time that he opens his mouth....
Grow up, OM.
daestrom said:Scanning an IP address for open ports is *not* 'unauthorised[sic]Airy R. Bean said:That may be so, but it is not an invitation under UK
law for unauthorised access to be made to it.
access'.
Oh yes, it is, under Brit Law!
In order to scan a port, you must attempt an access
to the IP address of a computer system. Unless you
are duly authorised, then you commit a criminal act.
Any attempt to connect to a computer system which
has not been authorised is illegal under Brit Law.
Unless the IP and port no have been specifically published
with authorisation for access, then any attempted access is illegal.
Why not post your log extract so we can all see what evil things have
been perpetrated?
And neither have you
Although you are correct it isn't illegal, it IS against 99.9% all ISP
AUP (Accepted user policies) and most ISP's will take action against
such people if you can show that it is a deliberate attempt to breach
your machine ie, repeated scans from the same IP over a period of
time
Walt Davidson said:Over there, they still patrol on bicycles, two by two.
daestrom said:And they don't carry guns (unless that recently changed).
The fact that police can enforce the law this way says something about their
society, while the US's need for SWAT teams says something about ours :-(
DarkMatter said:They call them "Bobbies" over there.