[863] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] suspicious users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Henningsen)
Fri Jun 28 15:51:01 1996
Date: 28 Jun 1996 19:23:00 +0200
From: kai@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960622005823.11918A-100000@shell1.cybercom.net>
wvdputte@reptile.rug.ac.be (Suicide Object) wrote on 24.06.96 in <Pine.LNX.3.91.960624200732.31125A-100000@reptile.rug.ac.be>:
> this is a bit off topic, more on this 'legal thing':
>
> Basically: my machine is my ass. If someone abuses my machine *I*'m the
> one who is going to take the responsability. Same should go for any ISP:
> if you let people party in your house, they should behave. If they start
> doing weird stuff, you should be able to look into it.
Be warned, though, that in some nations, you won't have the right to do
this - especially as an ISP, but in some cases also as an employer. In
these nations, you might go to jail unless you have very good reasons -
maybe even then. And the fine print in your contracts may not be enough to
bail you out, either.
Definitely ask a good lawyer first who understands your local privacy
legislation. Snooping on your user just might be a risky thing.
MfG Kai
