[TriLUG] gpsmap experience

[Dan Monjar]

Mike Johnson wrote:
> It should be noted that a guy went to jail not too long ago by 
> approaching an area hospital with an offer to help secure their wireless 
> network that he had found was wide open.  Not sure if he was convicted, 
> but he was brought up on charges:
> http://www.wral.com/news/2465963/detail.html
> 
> The security industry does not need to be all about fear, uncertainty, 
> and doubt.
> 

Who was the famous Perl hacker that did federal time a few years ago 
because he tried to help Intel?  He was a contractor on-site and pulled 
down a passwd file to show them how many weak passwords they had.  They 
were not amused.

Unauthorized access is just that... regardless of intent.

-- 
Dan Monjar