On Saturday September 16, 2000, Eko Priono wrote: >> In cybercafe content, looks like both extreme end has their >> own risks. Too tight on security, and you might loose customers >> quite fast. I've heard of a cybercafe where each visitors asked >> for their ID cards, or no access. In the other extreme, there's >> another cybercafe which allows its user to freely do virtually >> anything they want anonymously, even "deltree c:\windows"! ;-) >> They using some sort of mirroring technique which allow them to >> remotely reset each work station's HDD content in just a few >> seconds. Sadly, they'd been in trouble with the feds, thanks >> to a stray hacker who decided to use their service for a series >> of major credit card fraud. The hacker was never found... >This is hard for me to understand. What's the connection >between using a restorable HD image for convenience and >security, and having a person use your machine for criminal >purposes? And how was the caf=E9 held responsible for what a >client did with a rented machine? Does AT&T get in trouble >every time someone commits fraud using a rented telephone? >R. I'm no expert, but I believe... If someone commits a crime using a telephone, the feds will want to track down and arrest the criminal. If AT&T did not supply records of who they believed the criminal to be, and who called/was called from that telephone, they would be obstructing justice. The criminal may have fooled AT&T with a false ID, but the telephone records are useful clues to other potential victims and accomplices. If a cybercafe allowed users to do "anything" anonymously, had no record ID such as driver's licenses or security videotape, and wilfully refused to keep logs of where everybody connected, I can see how the feds would regard it as "aiding and abetting" the criminal. Resetting the work station would probably obliterate any other clues. Boyd Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
