Packet Storm - Information Security News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers http://packetstormsecurity.org/ en-us Mon, 28 May 2012 10:36:25 GMT 144400 http://packetstormsecurity.org/ http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmwv=1.3&utmn=1254402046&utmcs=ISO-8859-1&utmsr=31337x31337&utmsc=32-bit&utmul=en-us&utmje=0&utmfl=-&utmcn=1&utmdt=Files%u2248%20Packet%20Storm&utmhn=packetstormsecurity.org&utmr=-&utmp=%2Fpapers%2Flegal%2F&utmac=UA-18885198-1&utmcc=__utma%3D32867617.1254402046.1338201385.1338201385.1338201385.1%3B%2B__utmz%3D32867617.1338201385.1.1.utmccn%3D(direct)%7Cutmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none) http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/45444/DMCA_unintended_v4.pdf http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/45444/DMCA_unintended_v4.pdf http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/45444/DMCA_unintended_v4.pdf.html Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:14:51 GMT Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA - This document collects a number of reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against pirates, but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate competitors. http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25698/2600-lessons.htm http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25698/2600-lessons.htm http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25698/2600-lessons.htm.html Sat, 02 Feb 2002 07:43:10 GMT Lessons Learned from the 2600 DeCSS Case - Linking Rules for "Hacking" and Other Alternative Websites. This article will look at the courts linking arguments and suggest ways that web sites can avoid legal problems. http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25688/Port_scanning.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25688/Port_scanning.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25688/Port_scanning.doc.html Thu, 31 Jan 2002 06:35:30 GMT Port Scanning: Is it illegal? This paper discusses the one federal court ruling on this point. http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25687/dmca-intl.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25687/dmca-intl.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25687/dmca-intl.doc.html Thu, 31 Jan 2002 06:31:22 GMT Write Code Go to Jail: A look at the DMCA criminal liability for non-US software developers.This article will explain the relevant criminal provisions of the DMCA, and explore how the US Attorney has applied the law to foreign software developers. Finally, taking both into consideration, I will suggest theoretical suggestions for non-US firms facing such dilemmas. http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25686/patriot.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25686/patriot.doc http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/25686/patriot.doc.html Thu, 31 Jan 2002 06:28:41 GMT The Impact of the USA Patriot Act on Network Security Practice - The patriot act contains some of the most substantial changes to U.S. federal cybercrime laws since the last major revisions of 1996. Many of these changes will have a direct impact on the way networked firms prepare and react to cybercrime incidents. http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16169/bbslibel.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16169/bbslibel.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16169/bbslibel.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Defamation Liability of Computerized Bulletin Board Operators and Problems of Proof: A discussion of the libel and slander laws, and how they apply to bulletin board operators http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16170/cfa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16170/cfa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16170/cfa.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Complete text of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, 18 USC 1030 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16171/copyrfaq.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16171/copyrfaq.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16171/copyrfaq.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16172/cubby.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16172/cubby.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16172/cubby.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Cubby v CompuServe: The complete text of the judge's decision in the Cubby v CompuServe libel case, in which CompuServe was found not to be responsible for material posted on one of their bulletin boards http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16173/ecpa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16173/ecpa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16173/ecpa.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Complete text of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, United States Public Law 99-508 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16174/elaw.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16174/elaw.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16174/elaw.ps.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT E-Law: Legal Issues Affecting Computer Information Systems and System Operator Liability. First appeared in the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Volume 3, Number 1 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16175/ethics.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16175/ethics.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16175/ethics.ps.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Are Computer Hacker Break-ins Ethical? Lists and refutes many of the reasons given to justify computer break-ins http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16176/ferpa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16176/ferpa.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16176/ferpa.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT The complete text of the US Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (the Buckley Amendment), 20 USC http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16177/frlaw.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16177/frlaw.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16177/frlaw.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Information about the computer crime laws in France http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16178/libel.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16178/libel.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16178/libel.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Internet Libel: Is the Provider Responsible? An examination of the Cubby v Compuserve case as it applies to Internet service providers http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16179/mailpriv.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16179/mailpriv.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16179/mailpriv.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Computer Electronic Mail and Privacy: A discussion of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act as it applies to electronic mail http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16180/musings.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16180/musings.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16180/musings.ps.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Some Musings on Ethics and Computer Break-Ins: A discussion of ethics and responsibility, particularly as they pertain to the Internet Worm of November, 1988 http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16181/privacy.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16181/privacy.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16181/privacy.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Complete text of the Privacy Act of 1974 and Amendments, 5 USC 552a http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16183/sentence.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16183/sentence.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16183/sentence.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Revised Computer Crime Sentencing Guidelines A description of the new federal sentencing guidelines that address the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16182/simson.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16182/simson.ps http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16182/simson.ps.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT An Introduction to Computer Security for Lawyers: A number of articles serving to introduce lawyers to the concepts behind computer security http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16184/statelaw.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16184/statelaw.txt http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/16184/statelaw.txt.html Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:22:48 GMT Computer crime laws, listed by state