On 11/11/14, 9:25 PM, "Larry Sheldon" <larryshel...@cox.net> wrote:
>On 11/11/2014 15:37, Ricky Beam wrote: >> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:43:09 -0500, Joe <jbfixu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Generally speaking its best you do what your good at and this is not >>>it. >>> >>> Exposing there is a window open to a gov agency is not hacking, trust >>> me. I would say go back to fathering children and once you have a few >>> more years under your belt feel free to join in. >> >> And you, sir, should consult a lawyer before publicly slinging insults. >> >> I'm not a lawyer, but I have worked with one in this area. What you have >> post *is* evidence of a crime under the Computer and Fraud Abuse Act. >> The wording of that law is horrible, but it is what it is; the bar for >> of "unauthorized access" is *very* low. How you found it is irrelevant. >> You connected it to it -- knowing full well you are not authorized -- >> and proceeded to attempt to login, even if in jest. >> >> (Government agencies have zero sense of humor. And judges have next to >> no understanding of technology. Merely being charged can be a career >> killer.) > >As an ex-admin I completely--we took action for such things. I concur. I was recently an admin/ITSO for a defense contractor, and from a network logging standpoint it is VERY difficult to tell the difference between what you posted and a really subtle social-engineering-enabled attack--and EVERY attacker these days has to be assumed to be subtle. --Josh
