I know some people are tired of the port-scanning/doorknobs thread, but I still find the ethical discussions that relate to what I put my firewalls up for in the first place to be interesting. That's the great thing about newsgroups, you only have to follow the threads that you want to. :) I just signed up for Flashcom's ADSL services for my home computer. The following is an excerpt from their "Fair Use" agreement, violation of which results in a termination of services which appears to subject you in turn to early terminations fees, etc. "Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200" You are not allowed to do the following: � to probe hosts or networks without the explicit authorization of the administration of those systems. � to breach the security of a host, network component, or authentication system without the explicit permission of the administration of those systems. � to monitor data on any network or system without the explicit authorization of the administration of that system or network. � to interfere with the service of any user, host or network, including deliberate attempts to overload a server, network connected device, or network component. � to originate malformed data or network traffic that results in damage to, or disruption of, a service or network connected device. � to forge data with the intent to misrepresent the origination user or source. Isn't that fascinating? I'll have to keep a copy of that one in case I need to write something similar for my end user accounts. *grin* -- Michael - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
