To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- On 6/28/07, sam stover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, it was the legal opinion that just jumping into a C&C IRC > channel could be construed as illegal, much less controlling them. It's > not *your* channel, and they aren't *your* bots. This issue seems to be > completely divorced from what kind of activity the bots are doing. <snip>
You can see how it makes sense from the Legal stand point. They try to apply physical world laws to virtual worlds. Sometimes this works sometimes not. I guess an analogy in this case could be like walking into a car park of stolen cars, all with the keys still in (or the ignition barrels hanging out). Surely its OK as long as its a public car park to be there, but entering or moving any of the cars would be an offence. Seems daft to us techies, but the logic is there. I believe that in a court of law, as long as it was for research then you would be OK - but researchers probably shouldn't be "doing" anything in bot nets, just looking? Rgds Col. _______________________________________________ To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All list and server information are public and available to law enforcement upon request. http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets
