DOS Attack Outlawed

[Yaka]

Didnt know this law was beiing processed but c|net are reporting thay DOS attacks are now Outlawed here in the UK and carries a jail sentance of 5 to 10 years

 

[tris-]

surely thats gonna be a fucker when vista and all its features come out?

"Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer."

i thought thats what vista is all about.

 

[Shovel]

I've not looked, but I'm sure the actual legal jargon will be more specific.

Which is a shame, because on its own the sentence “an offense to impair the operation of any computer system” could probably outlaw all DRM and copy protection.

 

[Tom]

No more going into PC world and typing format c: then

 

[dysfunction]

surely thats gonna be a fucker when vista and all its features come out?

"Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer."

i thought thats what vista is all about.

I think they are talking about Attacks from outside the system like in the example about the guy that sent 5mill emails to his office to crash the system.....

 

[Gamah]

I think they are talking about Attacks from outside the system like in the example about the guy that sent 5mill emails to his office to crash the system.....

ahahahah! Maybe he had a lot to say?

 

[Huntingtons]

ahahahah! Maybe he had a lot to say?

busy day at work i guess

 

[Overdriven]

Denial of Service attack... not MS-DOS.

Sheesh, you'll still be able to "Format C:" (*Laughs*)




















*Wonders when people will realise "format C:" won't ever work? Due to the disk being in use?

 

[tris-]

what about del tree c:\ /y ?

 

[Sharma]

what about del tree c:\ /y ?

Isnt it supposed to be del tree C:\*.* /y ?

Or is that just when youre using the simple del command since the tree bit would wipe the disk anyway?

 

[TdC]

none of that will wipe the disk foos

 

[nath]

Well, if you bring a boot disk it will