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Criminalisation of security tools
From: nicolas.ruff at gmail.com (Nicolas RUFF)
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:56:20 +0200
"The new Act will make a person guilty of an offence 'if he supplies or offers to supply any article believing that it is likely to be used to commit, or to assist in the commission of, [a hacking offence]'. The word 'article' is defined in the Act to include 'any program or data held in electronic form'. Some software tools commonly used by IT security professionals can also be used for malicious purposes, making the new legislation a cause for concern. This applies particularly to dual use tools like nmap..."
Nearly the same wording in France ... it is called "LCEN" (Loi pour la Confiance dans l'Economie Num?rique ~ Law for Confidence in Net Economy :) http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/telecoms/0,39040748,39148724,00.htm The bill has been passed in 2004, and indeed at least one French guy named "m0rtix" has been indicted for creating backdoors. http://www.01net.com/editorial/338943/ This backdoor has been found "in the wild" on more than 6,000 compromised servers :) Regards, - Nicolas RUFF
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