[18012] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Government scrutiny is headed our way
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hal Murray)
Sun Jun 21 19:29:38 1998
To: Henry Linneweh <linneweh@concentric.net>
Cc: murray@pa.dec.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Message of Sat, 20 Jun 1998 09:18:20 -0700
from Henry Linneweh <linneweh@concentric.net>
<358BE0CB.6C2B4F7B@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 98 16:19:59 -0700
From: Hal Murray <murray@pa.dec.com>
> If A NOC refuses to obey the law and investigate on behalf of a paying
> client that DoS has occurred than they become party to a criminal act
> after the fact and are as guilty as the originator of the attack and can
> be held accountable and their staff can arrested and you have the
> right to sue for $4000.00 as do each one of your individual
> customers.
The catch in there is "paying client". The typical smurf packet
hops through several organizations (ISPs). The victim only has a
contract with his ISP.
Where did $4K come from? Do you have a URL describing that law?
