I love IP Tables....

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 22:58 -0700, jdow wrote:
> From: "Tim" <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
> 
> > On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 20:20 -0700, jdow wrote:
> >> Who is going to file the first lawsuit against an owner of a zombied
> >> system for sending spam? It should be interesting legal theater. 
> > 
> > Hmm, it could be fun to watch, but I don't think it's unimaginable.
> > We've already had RIAA hassling twits who thought it was okay to steal
> > music.  I can well imagine other big booted organisations deciding that
> > it was time to apply Darwin principles to some plebs on the net.  Who
> > knows, eventually there might be "driving computer without due care"
> > laws.
> 
> Hm, I can see reckless driving as applied to computers. Maybe we're onto
> something. But that means the net would grow traffic cops. Is that a good
> thing?

How about a hearty band of roving admins with stun-guns? Up close and
personal, I say. :) Ric

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