Re: Should IETF do more to fight computer crime?

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

   Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 20:14:55 +0200
   From: Jacob Palme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

   They went to the police (in the USA) saying that this
   person had infringed on their copyright by publishing
   their secret documents on Usenet. The police in the
   USA contacted the police in Finland. The police in
   Finland went to the anonymity server and gave him
   to choices: Either we take the whole server, or you
   tell us who is behind this pseudonym. He told them
   under duress who it was. But shortly after that, he
   shut down the server.

   Should the Finnish police really have done this?

   Should he have accepted their requests, or should
   he have called a lawyer and tried to move the issue
   of whehter to divulge this information into the
   courts in Finland?

This is a social issue, and not a technical issue.  You might want to
consider asking this question in an EFF forum, instead of the IETF
mailing list.

                                                - Ted