Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

2003-09-13 Thread James A. Cox
Gregory A. Gilliss wrote: IANAL, however I have studied contract law in America. In America, EULA is construed as a contract by the American courts. It is not part of a separate contract, it is its own contract. Courts consider contracts to be valid if, among other things, there is bargain for

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Sobig.F...what took so long

2003-08-22 Thread James A. Cox
Robert Ahnemann wrote: So its 4 days after the virus was found, and they just discover that its got a list of 20 machines that it will pull from to create a massive DDoS across the net? What took them so long to find it? The list was encrypted. ___

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reacting to a server compromise

2003-08-03 Thread James A. Cox
I've never heard of a rule that prohibits the introduction in evidence of Norton Ghost images or any other electronic evidence. In most places in the US, I think, there wouldn't be any hard and fast rules; it would be up to the judge to decide whether the evidence was reliable enough.